# Linked Questions

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### What is the complete list of valid FrontEnd Packet types?

In response to my question How can I get the unchanged Box form of an arbitrary expression? John Fultz answered with a method using the hilariously named ...
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### Setting options of expressions similar to using SetOptions on objects

Introduction I often have the problem that in an expression, I want to change an option. If we are sure the option is not present, we could simply use ...
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### Function of a function, both of a list of variables

I am trying to avoid dealing with long explicit lists of variables. What i do so far is the following: VarList={x_, y_}; ParList={x, y}; ValList={2, 3}; What ...
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### How to take a part from a list without evaluating it

Consider I have a list l ...
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### Assign the results from a Solve to variable(s)

I understand Mathematica can't assign the results of a Solve to the unknowns because there may be more than 1 solution. How can I assign the 4 values of following result to variables? ...
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### How to create symbols from strings and set values for them?

I am trying to convert a list of string names into symbols, which will then be used to store data. I have 24 files (where the name of each file is a member of the list mentioned above) that I need to ...
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### Where can I find examples of good Mathematica programming practice?

I consider myself a pretty good Mathematica programmer, but I'm always looking out for ways to either improve my way of doing things in Mathematica, or to see if there's something nifty that I haven't ...
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### How to plot periodic function's graphic?

How to plot periodic function's graphic? For example, $f(t) = t$ when $-5<t<5$ and $f(t+10) = f(t)$. ...
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### Why can't I inject expressions in Compile using (only) With

Generally speaking, With can be used to inject into arbitrarily held expressions, for example: ...
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### Splicing a list of arguments into a function with Sequence

Not sure if this has been asked, but I have a fairly simple operation that I don't know the syntax for. Say I have an array with some values, and a function f that accepts an arbitrary number of ...
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### Operations on expressions within Hold

I want to convert {Hold[1 + 2], Hold[3 + 4], Hold[5*6]} into Hold[{1 + 2, 3 + 4, 5*6}]. I have tried ...
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### HoldFirst and Hold expression as argument

I store a reference to the association in a held expression in a variable: a=<||>; b=Hold[a]; And in the code, I want to do manipulations with the original ...
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### How to inject an evaluated expression into a held expression? [duplicate]

I know that there are methods to structurally manipulate held expressions (discussed e.g. here), but I failed to apply those for this particular problem: ...
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### Function in Table

I need a table with the elements made of pure functions and list elements. This is a simplified example: I need a list as: ...
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### How to completely delete the head of a function expression

Is there any way to completely remove the head of an expression function? For example, how would I remove the head Cos from ...

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