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Skeleton

Skeleton[n]
represents a sequence of n omitted elements in an expression printed with Short or Shallow. The standard print form for Skeleton is n.
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  • You can reset the print form of Skeleton.
  • n indicates the presence of missing information, and so generates an error if you try to interpret it as Mathematica kernel input.
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Basic Examples   (2)
A skeleton object:
An output containing a skeleton object:
A skeleton object:
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Out[1]=
 
An output containing a skeleton object:
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Out[1]//Shallow=
Properties & Relations   (1)
Shortened Short and Shallow outputs contain skeleton objects:
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