BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL

NotebookRead

NotebookRead[notebook]
gives the expression corresponding to the current selection in the specified notebook object.

NotebookRead[cell]
gives the expression corresponding to the given cell object.

NotebookRead[{cell₁, cell₂, ...}]
gives a list of expressions corresponding to the .

Details and Options Details and Options

NotebookRead is the basic way to get into the kernel pieces of notebooks that are being manipulated by the front end.
NotebookRead can take a NotebookObject or a CellObject.
If a list of CellObject expressions is given, then a list of equal length will be returned, with the expressions corresponding to each CellObject.
If a NotebookObject or CellObject is no longer valid, NotebookRead returns $Failed. If a list of CellObject expressions is given, then $Failed will be returned for each of the invalid CellObject expressions.