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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

Block

specifies that expr is to be evaluated with local values for the symbols x, y, ....

defines initial local values for x, ....

Block allows you to set up an environment in which the values of variables can temporarily be changed.

When you execute a block, values assigned to x, y, ... are cleared. When the execution of the block is finished, the original values of these symbols are restored.

Initial values specified for x, y, ... are evaluated before x, y, ... are cleared.

You can use Block as the right-hand side of a transformation rule with a condition attached.

Block is automatically used to localize values of iterators in iteration constructs such as Do, Sum, and Table.

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Temporarily change settings of global system parameters:

Evaluate an expression with a variable temporarily set to a given value:

Perform a deeply recursive calculation:

The default setting of $RecursionLimit is too low for this calculation:

Use a local expression to visualize a complex map:

Block localizes values only; it does not create new symbols:

Module creates new symbols:

Iterators localize their variable in a similar way to Block: