Messages[symbol]
gives all the messages assigned to a particular symbol.


Messages
Messages[symbol]
gives all the messages assigned to a particular symbol.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Get messages that have been explicitly defined for a function:
Get the messages for NDSolve that have been defined during the current session:
Typically, for system commands, messages are only loaded when they are required:

See Also
Tech Notes
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- Messages
Related Workflows
- Set Up Error-Checking and Messages in a Function ▪
- Understand Error Messages
History
Introduced in 1988 (1.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1988), Messages, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Messages.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1988. "Messages." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Messages.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1988). Messages. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Messages.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_messages, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Messages}", year="1988", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Messages.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_messages, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Messages}, year={1988}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Messages.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}