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The Mathematical ExplorerTM (2001)

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$Input

  • $Input is a global variable whose value is the name of the stream from which input to Mathematica is currently being sought.
  • During the execution of << file, $Input is set to " file ".
  • During interactive input, $Input is "".
  • See The Mathematica Book on the web:Section 2.11.4 and Section 2.13.1.
  • See also: Get, DirectoryName, ToFileName.