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Skeleton

Skeleton[n]
represents a sequence of n omitted elements in an expression printed with Short or Shallow. The standard print form for Skeleton is n.

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  • In StandardForm, Skeleton is by default printed using \[LeftSkeleton] and » characters.
  • You can reset the print form of Skeleton.
  • n indicates the presence of missing information, and so generates an error if you try to interpret it as Mathematica kernel input.
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