GridDefaultElement is an option for the low-level function GridBox that specifies what to insert when a new element is created interactively in a GridBox.

Manipulating global options in the front end. Just like cells and notebooks, the complete Mathematica front end has various options, which you can look at and manipulate from ...

AstronomicalData["name", " property"] gives the value of the specified property of the astronomical object with the specified name.AstronomicalData["name", {"property", ...

The fundamental operation that Mathematica performs is evaluation. Whenever you enter an expression, Mathematica evaluates the expression, then returns the result. Evaluation ...

Derived distributions are modifications to existing distributions. There is a variety of ways in which you can arrive at modified distributions, including functions of random ...

This document describes how to compile and run MathLink programs written in the C language on Linux systems. ("MathLink and External Program Communication" describes how to ...

Mathematica's interface is carefully optimized for both menu and keyboard use—with many convenient ergonomic features, including some that are not immediately visible from ...

Mathematica works with both exact quantities and approximate numbers. Using N , you can obtain a numerical approximation to an exact quantity with any desired precision or ...

You may have noticed that there are two different ways to make assignments in Mathematica: lhs=rhs and lhs:=rhs. The basic difference between these forms is when the ...

Gather[list] gathers the elements of list into sublists of identical elements.Gather[list, test] applies test to pairs of elements to determine if they should be considered ...