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DOCUMENTATION CENTER SEARCH
Mathematica
>
Core Language
>
Expressions
>
Expression Structure
>
Atomic Elements of Expressions
All expressions in
Mathematica
are ultimately built from a small number of distinct types of atomic elements.
AtomQ
—
test whether an expression is an atom
Head
—
find the head of any expression, including an atom
Symbols »
Symbol
—
the head of a symbol; create a symbol from a name
SymbolName
▪
Context
▪
Remove
▪
Names
▪
NameQ
▪
...
Strings »
String
—
the head of a string
StringQ
▪
Characters
▪
ToCharacterCode
▪
StringLength
▪
ToExpression
▪
...
Numbers »
Integer
▪
Real
▪
Rational
▪
Complex
NumberQ
—
test for a number of any type
IntegerDigits
▪
RealDigits
▪
Precision
▪
MachineNumberQ
▪
...
TUTORIALS:
Everything Is an Expression
Basic Objects
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Expression Structure
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