NestWhile[f, expr, test] starts with expr, then repeatedly applies f until applying test to the result no longer yields True. NestWhile[f, expr, test, m] supplies the most ...

NumericQ[expr] gives True if expr is a numeric quantity, and False otherwise.

PaddedForm[expr, n] prints with all numbers in expr padded to leave room for a total of n digits. PaddedForm[expr, {n, f}] prints with approximate real numbers having exactly ...

ScientificForm[expr] prints with all real numbers in expr given in scientific notation. ScientificForm[expr, n] prints with numbers given to n-digit precision.

Speak[expr] speaks a spoken representation of the expression expr.

s_1 ~~ s_2 ~~ ... or StringExpression[s_1, s_2, ...] represents a sequence of strings and symbolic string objects s_i.

StringSplit["string"] splits " string" into a list of substrings separated by whitespace. StringSplit["string", patt] splits into substrings separated by delimiters matching ...

The functions described here are among the most commonly used discrete univariate statistical distributions. You can compute their densities, means, variances, and other ...

Special forms for some common symbols. This is equivalent to Sin[60Degree]. Here is the long form of the input.

Although Mathematica matches patterns in a purely structural fashion, its notion of structural equivalence is quite sophisticated. In particular, it takes account of ...