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Language Overview
At the core of Mathematica is its highly developed symbolic language, which unifies a broad range of programming paradigms and uses its unique concept of symbolic programming to add a new level of flexibility to the very concept of programming.
Reference
Symbolic Expressions »
f[a,b,...] — the basic underlying form of everything in Mathematica
Lists & Expression Manipulation »
{...} (List) ▪ ...[[...]] (Part) ▪ Table ▪ Length ▪ Take ▪ Select ▪ ...
Functional Operations »
...& (Function) ▪ /@ (Map) ▪ Nest ▪ NestList ▪ FoldList ▪ Array ▪ ...
Pattern Matching »
_ ▪ __ ▪ | ▪ .. ▪ /; ▪ Cases ▪ Position ▪ ...
Rules & Transformations »
-> (Rule) ▪ :> ▪ /. (ReplaceAll) ▪ ...
Definitions & Assignments »
Logic & Tests »
== ▪ != ▪ && ▪ || ▪ MemberQ ▪ ...
Scoping & Modularity »
Module ▪ With ▪ Block ▪ Dynamic ▪ ...
Procedural Programming »
; ▪ If ▪ Do ▪ While ▪ Sow ▪ Reap ▪ ...
String Manipulation »
"..." (String) ▪ StringExpression ▪ StringReplace ▪ StringCases ▪ ...
Free-Form Linguistics »
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at beginning of input) — use free-form linguistics for computations and programs
