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### How to convert an image to a compressed string representation equivalent to one copied to clipboard by CopyToClipboard[image]?

In my recent question I asked How to embed an image into a string? The suggested solution was ...
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### How to evaluate only arguments, but leave topmost expression unevaluated? [duplicate]

I want to represent expressions mostly in unevaluated form, but being able to evaluate it's subparts. For example, how to evaluate only arguments, but leave topmost expression unevaluated? For ...
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### Can one identify the design patterns of Mathematica?

... or are they unnecessary in such a high-level language? I've been thinking about programming style, coding standards and the like quite a bit lately, the result of my current work on a mixed .Net/...
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### Compiling more functions that don't call MainEvaluate

I would like to use Compile with functions defined outside Compile. For example if I have the two basic functions ...
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### Using With in combination with Graphics [duplicate]

Assume that we are given a symbol p={x,y} which should represent a 2D point. If x and y have ...
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### Pure Functions with Lists as arguments

Assuming I have two function: example 1: add[{x_, y_, z_}] := x + y - z add[{1, 3, 5}] If use pure function,I know I can write it as : ...
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### Removing calls to MainEvalute when using inlined compiled closures

This question is tightly related to the answer Shaving the last 50 ms off NMinimize. There @OleksandR shows how inlined closures can be used to eliminate calls to ...
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### Determine whether some expression contains a given symbol

Given a symbol t and an expression expr, how can I determine whether or not the symbol t ...
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### Displaying a series obtained by evaluating a Taylor series

Description of problem I would like to use Mathematica to display the series obtained by substituting a value for $x$ in a Taylor series expansion. The terms of the series will be rational numbers, ...
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### Is there a way to require confirmation for execution of certain cells?

Often I have Notebooks where I generate several images and export them into files. Now when I want to change one image, I'd like to just re-evaluate the complete notebook, however I generally do not ...
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### How to implement a regular grammar?

What is the most simple, elegant way of implementing a rewrite-system defined as:  \begin{aligned} \Sigma &= \{a_1, a_2, a_3, ...\} \\ N &= \{A_1, A_2, A_3, ...\} \\ \{\alpha_1 , \...
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### Injecting a sequence of expressions into a held expression

Consider the following toy example: Hold[{1, 2, x}] /. x -> Sequence[3, 4] It will give Hold[{1, 2, Sequence[3, 4]}] ...