Wolfram Language symbols are the ultimate atoms of symbolic data. Every symbol has a unique name, exists in a certain Wolfram Language context or namespace, and can have a variety of types of values and attributes.

Symbol — the head of a symbol; create a symbol from a name

SymbolName — give the name of a symbol as a string

Context — give the name of the context of a symbol

Names — find a list of symbols with names matching a pattern

NameQ — test whether a string corresponds to the name of any symbol

Remove — completely remove a symbol so its name is no longer recognized

$NewSymbol — a function to be applied to the name of any new symbol

ValueQ — test whether a symbol can be considered to have a value

OwnValues  ▪  DownValues  ▪  UpValues  ▪  SubValues

Information — give information on the values of a symbol

Definition — print values of a symbol in a form that can be stored in a package

DefaultValues  ▪  Options  ▪  Attributes

Clear — clear all values associated with a symbol

Save — save values associated with a symbol

FullDefinition — print the information saved using Save

ExcludedContexts, IncludedContexts — options to limit recursive definition saving

Unique — generate a symbol with a unique name

Converting between Expressions and Strings »

ToString  ▪  ToExpression  ▪  ...