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DeclarePackage

DeclarePackage["context`", {"name1", "name2", ...}]
declares that Needs["context`"] should automatically be executed if a symbol with any of the specified names is ever used.
  • You can use DeclarePackage to tell Mathematica automatically to load a particular package when any of the symbols defined in it are used.
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Use of the symbol implies reading the corresponding package automatically:
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Use of the symbol implies reading the corresponding package automatically:
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Properties & Relations   (1)
The named context is prepended to the search path:
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