Word (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Word represents a word in Read, Find, and related functions.

$Context (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Context is a global variable that gives the current context.

$Echo (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Echo gives a list of files and pipes to which all input is echoed.

$InitialDirectory (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$InitialDirectory gives the initial directory when the current Mathematica session was started.

$Packages (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$Packages gives a list of the contexts corresponding to all packages which have been loaded in your current Mathematica session.

Exporting Graphics and Sounds (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica allows you to export graphics and sounds in a wide variety of formats. If you use the notebook front end for Mathematica, then you can typically just copy and ...

Making Definitions for Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

"Defining Functions" discusses how you can define functions in Mathematica. In a typical case, you would type in f[x_]=x^2 to define a function f. (Actually, the definitions ...

Manipulating Symbols and Contexts by ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

Converting between symbols and their names. Here is the symbol x. Its name is a string.

Naming Conventions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematical functions in Mathematica are given names according to definite rules. As with most Mathematica functions, the names are usually complete English words, fully ...

The Option Inspector (Mathematica Tutorial)

Many aspects of the Mathematica front end such as the styles of cells, the appearance of notebooks, or the parameters used in typesetting are controlled by options. For ...