NominalVariables is an option for fitting functions such as LinearModelFit that specifies which variables should be treated as having discrete values specified by names.

Parallelize[expr] evaluates expr using automatic parallelization.

PolarAxesOrigin is an option for sector charts and polar plots that specifies where polar axes should be drawn.

Precision[x] gives the effective number of digits of precision in the number x.

Sqrt[z] or Sqrt[z] gives the square root of z.

Converting to and from character codes. Mathematica assigns every character that can appear in a string a unique character code. This code is used internally as a way to ...

You can enable logging in two ways. The log file records messages as they occur, building up a detailed record of license activity over a period of time. Logging supports ...

Mathematica always allows you to refer to special characters by using names such as ∖[Alpha] or explicit hexadecimal codes such as ∖:03b1. And when Mathematica writes out ...

To run Mathematica from within an external program requires making use of many general features of MathLink. The first issue is how to establish a MathLink connection to ...

This tutorial documents the XML representation of the user interface definition, GUIKitXML for short. This is a DTD representing the current GUIKit XML definitions. Use the ...