Questions related to handling built-in symbols, for example why they behave a certain (possibly unexpected) way.
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Why are some option values symbols, other strings?
Is there a rationale, beyond historical accident, why some Mathematica option values are strings, while others are symbols?
It seems natural that some value spaces, e.g. named color schemes, are so ...
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Using the symbol I for electrical current [duplicate]
I would like to use the I as a symbol for the electrical current. How can I redefine it, so it is not interpreted as the imaginary unity?
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Replacing product expressions - named vs. unnamed pattern?
Suppose I have an expression of the form
a b c d + x y z
The FullForm of this is
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