CurrentValue (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

CurrentValue[item] gives the current value of item at a location in the Mathematica system and interface. CurrentValue[{item, spec}] gives the current value for the feature ...

PaddedForm (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

PaddedForm[expr, n] prints with all numbers in expr padded to leave room for a total of n digits. PaddedForm[expr, {n, f}] prints with approximate real numbers having exactly ...

External Programs (Mathematica Tutorial)

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, ...

Memory Management (Mathematica Tutorial)

Finding memory usage. Particularly for symbolic computations, memory is usually the primary resource which limits the size of computations you can do. If a computation runs ...

Tracing Evaluation (Mathematica Tutorial)

The standard way in which Mathematica works is to take any expression you give as input, evaluate the expression completely, and then return the result. When you are trying ...

Security and Authentication (DatabaseLink Tutorial)

Many SQL databases can be configured to require a username and password when a connection is made. This is useful for preventing unwanted access and restricting the range of ...

CCast (SymbolicC Package Symbol)

CCast[type, obj] is a symbolic representation of a cast of obj to type.

COperator (SymbolicC Package Symbol)

COperator[oper, arg_1, ...] is a symbolic representation of an operator.

CPointerMember (SymbolicC Package Symbol)

CPointerMember[obj, mem] is a symbolic representation of access from a pointer to a struct.

InvokeMethod (GUIKit Package Symbol)

InvokeMethod[name, {} | content] calls a widget method on the wrapping contexted widget.InvokeMethod[{target, name}, content] calls a widget method on the specified target ...