Modules in Mathematica allow you to treat the names of variables as local. Sometimes, however, you want the names to be global, but values to be local. You can do this in ...
lhs ^:= rhs assigns rhs to be the delayed value of lhs, and associates the assignment with symbols that occur at level one in lhs.
file.m is a Mathematica package file.
CellLabel is an option for Cell which gives the label to use for a particular cell.
Continue[] exits to the nearest enclosing Do, For, or While in a procedural program.
First
(Built-in Mathematica Symbol) First[expr] gives the first element in expr.
Last
(Built-in Mathematica Symbol) Last[expr] gives the last element in expr.
ShowCellLabel is an option for Cell that specifies whether to display the label for a cell.
StepMonitor is an option for iterative numerical computation functions that gives an expression to evaluate whenever a step is taken by the numerical method used.
Version 7.0 introduces built-in zero-configuration parallel computing. Taking full advantage of Mathematica's unique symbolic architecture, Version 7.0 provides an ...