Financial & Economic Data (Mathematica Guide)

Mathematica has immediate built-in access to current and historical financial and economic data.

Paneled (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Paneled is an option for Manipulate and related functions that specifies whether to give the output inside a panel.

Searching and Reading Strings (Mathematica Tutorial)

Functions like Read and Find are most often used for processing text and data from external files. In some cases, however, you may find it convenient to use these same ...

RectangleChart (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

RectangleChart[{{x_1, y_1}, {x_2, y_2}, ...}] makes a rectangle chart with bars of width x_i and height y_i. RectangleChart[{..., w_i[{x_i, y_i}, ...], ..., w_j[{x_i, y_j}, ...

Optional and Default Arguments (Mathematica Tutorial)

Sometimes you may want to set up functions where certain arguments, if omitted, are given "default values". The pattern x_:v stands for an object that can be omitted, and if ...

WaringYuleDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

WaringYuleDistribution[\[Alpha]] represents the Yule distribution with shape parameter \[Alpha].WaringYuleDistribution[\[Alpha], \[Beta]] represents the Waring distribution ...

Arbitrary-Precision Calculations (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you use //N to get a numerical result, Mathematica does what a standard calculator would do: it gives you a result to a fixed number of significant figures. You can also ...

GeoGridPosition (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

GeoGridPosition[{x, y, z}, projection] represents a point {x, y, z} in a planimetric cartographic grid using the specified projection.

PriceGraphDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PriceGraphDistribution[n, k, a] represents a de Solla Price graph distribution for n-vertex graphs where a new vertex with k edges is added at each step using attractiveness ...

ContinuousAction (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ContinuousAction is an option for Manipulate, Slider, and related functions that specifies whether action should be taken continuously while controls are being moved.