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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
Symbol
Symbol["name"]
refers to a symbol with the specified name.
Details
- All symbols, whether explicitly entered using Symbol or not, have head Symbol.
can be used as a pattern to represent any symbol. - The string
in Symbol["name"] must be an appropriate name for a symbol. It can contain any letters, letter-like forms, or digits, but cannot start with a digit. - Symbol["name"] creates a new symbol if none exists with the specified name.
- A symbol such as
has a name 
. - If Symbol["name"] creates a new symbol, it does so in the context specified by $Context.
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