Import and Export Images (Mathematica How To)

Of the many ways images can be loaded into a Mathematica notebook, Import is the main method used to access image files on your local computer or at a remote location. The ...

FileBaseName (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FileBaseName["file"] gives the base name for a file without its extension.

FileExtension (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

FileExtension["file"] gives the file extension for a file name.

LinkPatterns (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

LinkPatterns[link] gives a list of the patterns for which definitions were set up when the external program associated with the specified MathLink connection was installed.

Put (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

expr >> filename writes expr to a file. Put[expr_1, expr_2, ..., " filename"] writes a sequence of expressions expr_i to a file. Put["filename "] creates an empty file with ...

$CurrentLink (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

$CurrentLink is the LinkObject representing the MathLink connection for an external program currently being installed or being called.

Help > X Environment Information (Mathematica Menu Item)

X Environment Information opens a dialog box that displays the current attributes of the X front end environment (X only).

OperatingSystem (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

OperatingSystem is an option for file and related operations that specifies the type of operating system to use to determine file name and other conventions.

$Context (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

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

Launching Mathematica on Mac OS X (Mathematica Tutorial)

To run Mathematica using a network license, both the client machine and the license server must be on the network and MathLM must be running. If you do not have a MathLM ...