Questions tagged [contexts]
Questions about contexts, which are used in Mathematica to organize defined symbols and avoid conflict between symbols that would otherwise have the same name. They are created when packages are loaded.
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Autocomplete for package in notebook with context "Unique To This Notebook"
I have the setting that my notebooks their context is unique for each notebook to avoid accidental lingering definitions. I really need this because I'm often distracted and e.g. overwrite files when ...
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Autocomplete doesn't work when the CellContext is set to be Notebook (Mathematica 13.3)
I am using mathematica 13.3. When the CellContext option is "Global" the autocomplete works fine. I would like to have individual variable in each notebook, so I use the following command:
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Temporary symbol leaks into public context?
This phenomenon has confused me a long time. Consider the following package example,
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Unable to use a function from Get with Encode
I am trying to create a proprietary function as discussed in this link:
How to distribute proprietary Mathematica code
So I create a function and dump it into a file
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Why does using a variable name as pattern name determine its context?
Checking the context of a fresh variable inside Begin-End, it gives the enclosing context.
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Inconsistent behaviour of availability of variables when re-entering `Context`
I am quite confused about Context. I have a long semi-manual signal processing task. I already did that for one signal and I need to do it for another one. I want ...
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How do I get all the contexts that a shadowed symbol is in?
I have some shadowed symbols. How do I list all the contexts that they are in?
For instance, consider symbol x which is in contexts: package1, package2
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How to write Boxes to a notebook with NotebookWrite?
I would like to write Boxes to a Cell to a notebook (e.g., FractionBox, SuperscriptBox, etc).
Here is what I've tried:
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Why Names will search all subcontexts?
My version is 13.2. When debugging I came across this peculiar feature of Names.
Starting with a fresh kernel, define
Then ...
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Predict Occurs in More than One Context - Mathematica v13.2
I am receiving an error message in Mathematica 13.2 that the system function Predict appears in more than one context: one of the definitions is shadowed.
This shouldn't be happening, of course.
In ...
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problem using package to verify solution of ode with Association, Naming scope/context handling [duplicate]
I learning how to use packages. I found a big problem. Here is description of the problem is, then a MWE is given.
This small package takes in an ode and ...
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Why do we have to write context name when re-Begin[] a same context?
as the following picture shows, when I Begin[] a same context(same name), why i use the function yjn[](defined in the previous same name context) still have to write the context name?
similar ...
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Is there a fast method of clearing symbols in the sub-contexts named by other symbols?
When writing packages I met the following problem. The way I name helper functions is like
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How can I use FeynCalc in ParallelTable or ParallelSum?
I want to speed up a FeynCalc calculation. However I found out that it doesn't seem to work in ParallelSum or ParallelTable.
MWE:...
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Replacing System` definitions in a context whilst still maintaing acces to them [duplicate]
Given the system operator TensorContract I can define a new one, TensorContractLazy with the attribute ...
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The problem with "Symbol appears in multiple contexts" when loading package with same function name in subpackages
There is a similar question about this, 8 years ago!, but the answer there does not really give what to do. The answer just says yes one can use same function name in different packages but has use ...
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How do I remove the context from help messages
When using ?? I get the results which the context included. While technically accurate it makes the code difficult to read.
The following
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Symbols leak into Global context when using Information
Bug persisting through 13.1.0 [CASE:4972508]
When debugging I found the following peculiar behaviour of Information:
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What's the meaning of Global?
I'm calculating an integral,
Integrate[(t e^(-z t) e^(-q t))/(1-e^(-t)), t],
and the result is
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Once[…, "location"] adds $CellContext` to all global symbols
For certain persistence locations, such as "Notebook" or "FrontEndSession", ...
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How to organise definitions that contain named parameters?
I have lots of definitions of (usually numeric) quantities that depend on parameters; they're mostly matrices (in the actual code, there are many more definitions):
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How to make import and export (or equivalent) work with unique notebook contexts
I currently have my notebook's default context set to "Unique to this notebook", which is useful for when I'm doing multiple projects.
However, whenever I try to use e.g ...
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Package Functions Not Evaluated
Edit: To address the issue raised by MarcoB, I did the following:
Added a new global variable gblCopperCoin to the dispatchtables.mx file
Created a very simple new package function
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Spelunking yields <<kernel function>> [closed]
This is in the spirit of the old but excellent thread: What is the most convenient way to read definitions of in-memory symbols when we don't have the source files? (Spelunking tools)
Using ...
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What Does Compile`SetIterate Do?
The list of compilable functions (given by Compile`CompilerFunctions[] // Sort) shows one of the more interesting- and core-sounding functions: ...
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In DynamicModule, InputField does not display the update when its variable updates through PopupWindow. How to fix this?
Here's a minimal example:
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How to avoid repeated nested loading of packages? [closed]
Suppose my main program depends on functions provided by package A and B, while package B also loads package A "privately". Now package A can be accessed from the main program via the ...
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shadowing problem with options of a package
So here is my problem. I am writing a software with mathematica, that uses an external package as a resource. They are some libraries for numerical integration, the CUBA libraries.
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Why is loading a list of contexts with Map Get not working?
I wish to automate the loading of packages by using Map and Get but Mathematica doesn't seem to like it. How can I make this work?
This is how packages are normally loaded...
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DeclarePackage causes shadowing problem in packages
The purpose of DeclarePackage is to load a package only when one of the package variables is needed. This works well when the variable is needed in a notebook but ...
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Context Manipulation within Scoping Constructs
In the following the full context form of Test is not required as "Aaa`" is added to ...
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Strange behaviour of SubValues of a definition in a context
First we define a context:
Begin["Ctx`"];
ClearAll[f];
f[m_][n_] := n // (Range /* Append[m]);
End[];
We can check that
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Importing equations generated in subpackage to be solved in another subpackage
I have a package which contains two subpackages: one ("`MOTSimulator`MOTGenerator") which generates a systems of differential equations of the form
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Begin[] again (V12.1)
Some questions related to $Context and $ContextPath have already been asked and answered, but I still cannot fully grasp the ...
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How to understand BeginPackage and Begin properly?
Using Get to evaluate these three .wl:
First:
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What is my current scope if I change `Inspector>Cell options>Evaluation options>CellContext` to "Notebook"?
I mean I made this change:
Now,
Clear["Global`*"]
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Names["Global`*"]
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packages will not load [closed]
I have a package at /Users/me/Desktop/Mathematica/MyPackages/SamplePackage.m. It looks like this:
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What is the correct to have package A use package B in its private section without making B visible to the user?
V 12.1 on windows.
I am loading pkg2, which in its Private section loads pkg1 in order to call one of its function.
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Move definition from one context to Global`
Suppose we have the following package ABC.wl.
BeginPackage["ABC`"]
Begin["DEF`"]
f1 = 0;
f2[x_] := x + 1
End[]
EndPackage[]
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How to load expressions into a notebook with a different context
So because I wanted my multiple notebooks to not interfere with each other, I start them with:
SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], CellContext -> Notebook]
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Details about using packages with Wolfram Player
Is there a definitive document that describes the differences between what's allowed in Mathematica and Wolfram Player?
I'm seeing differences in behavior between references to variables in packages (...
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Is there a function that reverts or undoes the effects of Needs? [duplicate]
Needs is used to load packages. Is there a function that cleans all the Definitions and ...
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Numerical Derivative ND doesn't work [closed]
I have entered the following code from the ND documentation, and get the wrong answer.
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Share package functions without sharing context
I'm trying to find a solution to a problem that I've been struggling with for a while. I asked a variant of the question here: Automatically load init.m without sharing CellContext, but think I've ...
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What is the proper way of setting ` CellContext -> CellGroup` in the Wolfram Cloud Notebook?
I want a different evaluation context for different sections of my Notebook.Mike Honeychurch suggested to me than changing the CellContext to ...
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How to keep symbol bindings local to a Notebook section?
I'm using the Notebook on Wolfram-Cloud as a ... well ... notebook to keep notes about the topic I'm studying and to answer exercises. I usually keep one notebook file per chapter, with course notes ...
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Operators without built-in meaning are incompatible with parallel evaluation
Mathematica has a useful set of Operators Without Built-In Meanings. For example: CenterDot, CircleDot, ...
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