On most computer systems, you can execute external programs or commands from within Mathematica. Often you will want to take expressions you have generated in Mathematica, ...

 

Mathematica 7 extends its general treatment of lists and matrices by adding a variety of convenient functions, including support for common convolution and structure matrices.

WordSearch is an option for Find and FindList that specifies whether the text searched for must appear as a word.

Extensively used within the Mathematica system itself, MathLink is Mathematica's unique high-level symbolic interface standard for interprogram communication. With convenient ...

NArgMax[f, x] gives a position x_max at which f is numerically maximized.NArgMax[f, {x, y, ...}] gives a position {x_max, y_max, ...} at which f is numerically ...

NArgMin[f, x] gives a position x_min at which f is numerically minimized.NArgMin[f, {x, y, ...}] gives a position {x_min, y_min, ...} at which f is numerically ...

FileByteCount["file"] gives the number of bytes in a file.

FindSequenceFunction[{a_1, a_2, a_3, ...}] attempts to find a simple function that yields the sequence a_n when given successive integer arguments.FindSequenceFunction[{{n_1, ...

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 ...