int MLNextPacket (MLINK link) goes to the next packet on link and returns a constant to indicate its head.

Axes is an option for graphics functions that specifies whether axes should be drawn.

NominalVariables is an option for fitting functions such as LinearModelFit that specifies which variables should be treated as having discrete values specified by names.

Basic descriptive statistics operations. Given a list with n elements x_i, the mean Mean[list] is defined to be μ(x)OverscriptBox[x, _]∑x_i/n. The variance Variance[list] ...

Functions like Read and Write handle ordinary printable text. But in dealing with external data files or devices it is sometimes necessary to go to a lower level, and work ...

In order to write the most general Mathematica programs you will sometimes need to find out global information about the setup under which your program is being run. Thus, ...

Introduction to MathLink How MathLink Is Used Installing Existing MathLink-Compatible Programs

Mathematica saves information about every plot you produce, so that you can later redraw it. When you redraw plots, you can change some of the options you use. Functions for ...

int MLEvaluateString (MLINK link, char *string) sends a string to Mathematica for evaluation, and discards any packets sent in response.

int MLGetData (MLINK link, char *b, int len, int *count) gets textual data from the MathLink connection specified by link, storing the result in a buffer b of maximum length ...