AbsoluteTime (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

AbsoluteTime[] gives the total number of seconds since the beginning of January 1, 1900, in your time zone.AbsoluteTime[{y, m, d, h, m, s}] gives the absolute time ...

Low-Level Notebook Programming (Mathematica Guide)

In Mathematica's unified symbolic architecture, every Mathematica notebook you see is represented as a symbolic expression that can be manipulated and controlled ...

MathLink API (Mathematica Guide)

Extensively used within the Mathematica system itself, MathLink is Mathematica's unique high-level symbolic interface standard for interprogram communication. With convenient ...

MathLink Mathematica Functions (Mathematica Guide)

MathLink is a protocol for exchanging symbolic expressions. The Mathematica-level MathLink functions can be used with any MathLink-enabled external program, including ...

MLGetReal() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLGetReal (MLINK link, double *x) gets a floating-point number from the MathLink connection specified by link and stores it in x.

MLGetInteger16() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLGetInteger16 (MLINK link, short *i) gets a 16-bit integer from the MathLink connection specified by link and stores it as a C short in i.

MLGetInteger32() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLGetInteger32 (MLINK link, int *i) gets a 32-bit integer from the MathLink connection specified by link and stores it in i.

MLGetInteger() (Mathematica MathLink C Function)

int MLGetInteger (MLINK link, int *i) gets an integer from the MathLink connection specified by link and stores it in i.

Calling External Programs (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica immediately allows you to call both standalone programs and individual functions or methods within running programs. Mathematica's architecture allows external ...

Handling Lists, Arrays, and Other ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

MathLink allows you to exchange data of any type with external programs. For more common types of data, you simply need to give appropriate :ArgumentTypes: or :ReturnType: ...