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Message

FilledSmallSquare Message[symbol::tag] prints the message symbol::tag unless it has been switched off.
FilledSmallSquare Message[symbol::tag, , , ... ] prints a message, inserting the values of the as needed.

FilledSmallSquare You can switch off a message using Off[symbol::tag]. You can switch on a message using On[symbol::tag].
FilledSmallSquare Between any two successive input lines, Mathematica TE prints a message with a particular name at most three times. On the last occurrence, it prints the message General::stop.
FilledSmallSquare Message[mname, , , ... ] is printed as StringForm[mess, , , ... ] where mess is the value of the message mname. Entries of the form `i` in the string mess are replaced by the corresponding .
FilledSmallSquare If you specify a message as symbol::tag::lang, then Message will search only for messages with the particular language lang.
FilledSmallSquare See The Mathematica Book on the web: Section 2.8.21.
FilledSmallSquare See also: Print, Write, On, Off.