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Compiled

is an option for various numerical and plotting functions which specifies whether the expressions they work with should automatically be compiled.

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Compiled

Compiled

is an option for various numerical and plotting functions which specifies whether the expressions they work with should automatically be compiled.

Details

  • Compiled->True automatically creates compiled functions.
  • You should set Compiled->False if you need to use high‐precision numbers.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

On rare occasions, machine-number compilation may produce unexpected results:

By default, the function is compiled by FindRoot, so that machine overflow and underflow are not caught:

Use Compiled->False to prevent this:

Wolfram Research (1991), Compiled, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Compiled.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), Compiled, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Compiled.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "Compiled." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Compiled.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). Compiled. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Compiled.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_compiled, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Compiled}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Compiled.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_compiled, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Compiled}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Compiled.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}