DeclarePackage

DeclarePackage["context`",{"name1","name2",…}]

declares that Needs["context`"] should automatically be executed if a symbol with any of the specified names is ever used.

Details

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Declare that the Benchmarking package should be loaded when the Benchmark symbol is used:

The Benchmark symbol is created with the Stub attribute:

Use of the symbol implies reading the corresponding package automatically:

Properties & Relations  (1)

The named context is prepended to the search path:

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

Text

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

CMS

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

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_declarepackage, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DeclarePackage}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeclarePackage.html}", note=[Accessed: 30-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_declarepackage, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DeclarePackage}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DeclarePackage.html}, note=[Accessed: 30-December-2024 ]}