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ExpressionCell

ExpressionCell[expr]
gives an expression cell that can appear in a Mathematica notebook.

gives an expression cell with the specified style.

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Expression cells can contain any Mathematica expressions, including graphics and dynamic objects.

An ExpressionCell can appear anywhere in a Mathematica expression.

ExpressionCell[expr] by default formats expr in the current default output format type, typically StandardForm.

Typical possible styles for expression cells include , , , etc.

CellPrint is normally effectively equivalent to Print[expr].

ExpressionCell can have any of the many options of Cell, including for example:

	Background	the color of the background for the cell
	CellBaseline	alignment relative to surrounding text
	CellFrame	whether to draw a frame around the cell
	CellTags	tags for the cell
	Editable	whether to allow the contents of the cell to be edited
	FontSize	the default size of text in the cell
	TextAlignment	how to align the contents of the cell

ExpressionCell[Null] gives an empty expression cell.

Basic Examples (1)

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2D and 3D graphics as well as formulas can be part of the content:

An expression cell can appear within a text cell:

Use different named styles:

Applications (1)

A simple function that produces a document as an answer using expression and text cells:

Properties & Relations (2)

TextCell and ExpressionCell format contents differently:

Cell is used for low-level descriptions, including forms that are not complete expressions:

TextCell CellGroup CellPrint Print Cell CreateDocument

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