ControllerState (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ControllerState["c"] gives the state of the control c for the first connected controller device on which it is supported.ControllerState[{"c_1", "c_2", ...}] gives the states ...

ParticleData (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

ParticleData[name, " property"] gives the specified property for a subatomic particle or family of particles with the specified name. ParticleData[{name, q}, " property"] ...

Quartiles (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Quartiles[list] gives a list of the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 quantiles of the elements in list.Quartiles[dist] gives a list of the 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 quantiles of the symbolic ...

Real (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

Real is the head used for real (floating-point) numbers.

SequenceAlignment (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

SequenceAlignment[s_1, s_2] finds an optimal alignment of sequences of elements in the strings or lists s_1 and s_2, and yields a list of successive matching and differing ...

TagSet (Built-in Mathematica Symbol)

f /: lhs = rhs assigns rhs to be the value of lhs, and associates the assignment with the symbol f.

Some Mathematical Functions (Mathematica Tutorial)

Mathematica includes a very large collection of mathematical functions. "Mathematical Functions" gives the complete list. Here are a few of the common ones. Some common ...

Two-Way Communication with External ... (Mathematica Tutorial)

When you install a MathLink-compatible external program using Install, the program is set up to behave somewhat like a simplified Mathematica kernel. Every time you call a ...

Using a Text-Based Interface (Mathematica Tutorial)

The standard front end interface, as discussed in "Using a Notebook Interface", is appropriate for most users' purposes. In some cases, however, you may not need to use the ...

OBJ (Mathematica Import/Export Format)

Wavefront OBJ format. 3D geometry format. Used for storage and exchange of 3D geometry definitions. Native format of the Wavefront application. Stores a geometry as a ...