SDTS (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

SDTS GIS format. Geographic information standard used by the U.S. Geological Survey. Used for archiving and exchanging maps and map data. SDTS is an acronym for Spatial Data ...

BSplineFunction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BSplineFunction[{pt_1, pt_2, ...}] represents a B-spline function for a curve defined by the control points pt_i.BSplineFunction[array] represents a B-spline function for a ...

Drop (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Drop[list, n] gives list with its first n elements dropped. Drop[list, -n] gives list with its last n elements dropped. Drop[list, {n}] gives list with its n\[Null]^th ...

MapAt (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

MapAt[f, expr, n] applies f to the element at position n in expr. If n is negative, the position is counted from the end. MapAt[f, expr, {i, j, ...}] applies f to the part of ...

Min (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Min[x_1, x_2, ...] yields the numerically smallest of the x_i. Min[{x_1, x_2, ...}, {y_1, ...}, ...] yields the smallest element of any of the lists.

ParallelArray (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParallelArray[f, n] generates in parallel a list of length n, with elements f[i], evaluated.ParallelArray[f, {n_1, n_2, ...}] generates in parallel an n_1*n_2*... array of ...

PrivateNotebookOptions (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PrivateNotebookOptions -> {opt_1 -> val_1, opt_2 -> val_2, ...} is an option for notebooks that specifies various low-level notebook settings.

SpokenString (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SpokenString[expr] gives a string of text corresponding to a spoken representation of the expression expr.

Tooltip (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Tooltip[expr, label] displays label as a tooltip while the mouse pointer is in the area where expr is displayed.

Binary Files (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions like Read and Write handle ordinary printable text. But in dealing with external data files or devices it is sometimes necessary to go to a lower level, and work ...