$CCompiler (C Compiler Driver Package Symbol)

$CCompiler sets the default C compiler to use for operating on C code.

DialogInput (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DialogInput[expr] interactively puts up expr as a dialog notebook, waits until a DialogReturn[e] is evaluated from within it, and then returns the result e. DialogInput[{x = ...

Blocks and Local Values (Mathematica Tutorial)

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 ...

SQLResultSetGoto (DatabaseLink Symbol)

SQLResultSetGoto[rs, pos] sets the current position of a result set to pos.

AlternatingGroup (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

AlternatingGroup[n] generates the set of even-size n permutations, the alternating group on n symbols. AlternatingGroup[l] generates the set of even permutations of the list ...

CoarserSetPartitionQ (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

CoarserSetPartitionQ[a, b] yields True if set partition b is coarser than set partition a; that is, every block in a is contained in some block in b.

UnrankKSetPartition (Combinatorica Package Symbol)

UnrankSetPartition[r, s, k] finds a k-block set partition of s with rank r. UnrankSetPartition[r, n, k] finds a k-block set partition of {1, 2, ..., n} with rank r.

DynamicEvaluationTimeout (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

DynamicEvaluationTimeout is an option for displayed objects, cells, and notebooks that specifies the timeout in seconds for any Dynamic computations they contain.

ShowStringCharacters (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ShowStringCharacters is an option for Cell that specifies whether to display " when a string is entered.

$BatchOutput (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$BatchOutput is True if output in the current session is being sent in batch mode, suitable for reading by other programs.