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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

$Pre

$Pre
is a global variable whose value, if set, is applied to every input expression.

Unless $Pre is assigned to be a function which holds its arguments unevaluated, input expressions will be evaluated before $Pre is applied, so the effect of $Pre will be the same as $Post.

$Pre is applied to expressions, while $PreRead is applied to strings which have not yet been parsed into expressions.

By default, $Pre is not defined, meaning the input is evaluated directly:

Save input expressions in held form:

Evaluation works as expected:

Restore $Pre to its default:

The variable inputs holds the inputs in unevaluated form:

By default, $Pre is not defined, meaning the input is evaluated directly:

Save input expressions in held form:

Evaluation works as expected:

Restore $Pre to its default:

The variable inputs holds the inputs in unevaluated form: