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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
OutputForm
OutputForm[expr]
prints as a two-dimensional representation of expr using only keyboard characters.
Details
- OutputForm is an approximation to StandardForm which uses only ordinary keyboard characters.
- The OutputForm of many kinds of expressions is quite different from their internal representation.
- OutputForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation. »
- OutputForm cannot be used directly for input to Mathematica.
- When possible, OutputForm uses approximations to special characters. Thus
is given as 
and 
as 
. »
Examplesopen all
Basic Examples (2)
OutputForm of a typeset expression:
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Out[1]//OutputForm= | |
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OutputForm of a graphic:
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Out[1]//OutputForm= | |
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