Locate and Use Files (Mathematica How To)

Mathematica offers support for a large number of file formats for importing, exporting, or other operations. It has several standard locations where it looks for files. You ...

SHP (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

ESRI shape file format. Common GIS file format. Used for archiving and exchanging cartographic and geospatial information. Stores the geometry and data of map features. SHP ...

SelectionConvert (Mathematica Front End Token)

"SelectionConvert" converts the selected cells into a new format.

File > Save Selection As (Mathematica Menu Item)

Save Selection As saves the selection in a file with the specified file format.

BoxBaselineShift (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BoxBaselineShift is an option for AdjustmentBox that specifies how much the baseline of the box should be shifted relative to those of neighboring characters.

ByteOrdering (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ByteOrdering is an option for BinaryRead, BinaryWrite, and related functions that specifies what ordering of bytes should be assumed for your computer system.

CellBracketOptions (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CellBracketOptions -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is an option for cells that specifies settings for cell brackets.

CommonDefaultFormatTypes (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CommonDefaultFormatTypes -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is an option that specifies default formats for newly created cells.

CreateDirectory (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CreateDirectory["dir"] creates a directory with name dir. CreateDirectory[] creates a directory in the default area for temporary directories on your computer system.

DeclarePackage (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DeclarePackage["context`", {"name_1", "name_2", ...}] declares that Needs["context`"] should automatically be executed if a symbol with any of the specified names is ever ...