Importing XML (XML Package Tutorial)

You can import XML data into Mathematica using the standard Import function, which has the following syntax. Importing files. The first argument specifies the file to be ...

Introduction (GUIKit Package Tutorial)

The Java toolkit J/Link introduced Mathematica users to a powerful new technology for Mathematica programs to access the functionality of Java classes and, in particular, the ...

BetaNegativeBinomialDistribution (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

BetaNegativeBinomialDistribution[\[Alpha], \[Beta], n] represents a beta negative binomial mixture distribution with beta distribution parameters \[Alpha] and \[Beta], and n ...

MathLink Interface 3 (Mathematica Tutorial)

The library now fully supports the Unicode character encoding forms UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32. Use the following new API functions to put or get Unicode characters to or from ...

Text and Font Options (Mathematica Tutorial)

General options for text formatting. If you have a large block of text containing no explicit newline characters, then Mathematica will automatically break your text into a ...

Introduction to Step Control (Mathematica Tutorial)

Even with "Newton methods" where the local model is based on the actual Hessian, unless you are close to a root or minimum, the model step may not bring you any closer to the ...

HistogramList (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

HistogramList[{x_1, x_2, ...}] gives a list of bins and histogram heights of the values x_i.HistogramList[{{x_1, y_1, ...}, {x_2, y_2, ...}, ...}] gives a list of bins and ...

Performance (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

When large amounts of data are being transferred between Mathematica and a database, you may find that the operations are slow. In this case it may be advantageous to use a ...

Introduction to Web Services (WebServices Tutorial)

The World Wide Web is increasingly being used for communication between applications. The programmatic interfaces made available over the web for application-to-application ...

Remote Definitions (Parallel Package Tutorial)

Parallel kernels do not have access to the values of variables defined in the master kernel, nor do they have access to locally defined functions. Mathematica contains a ...