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Mathematica pseudo-types Integer, Real, Rational, Complex, String and Symbol, and their use.

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How can I compare two ByteArrays inside FunctionCompile in 13.3

I need a compiled function that takes an array of bytes as input and in the process compares parts of that array. It's really just looking for the occurrence of one array in another. It works if you ...
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Is it possible to improve efficiency of the function?

I have the following function scriptQ to check whether an expression is a "script" or not. This function is frequently called by others, so I need to ...
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How to force Mathematica to return `NumericQ` as True when aplied to some variable in Mathematica?

I want to get a general formula for an expression, so instead of numbers like 5 or Pi I want to insert variables into an expression. But the functions involved check ...
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The shortcuts for typing subscript is valid

I installed the Mathematica 13.2 in my new computer, everything worked well excepted that the shortcuts for typing the subscripts "ctrl+ _" doesn't work. I tested that the "ctrl" ...
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Mathematica -> OpenCL datatypes

Mathematica -> OpenCL datatypes. I'm trying to work witn OpenCL in Mathematica but having problems matching the datatypes between Mathematica and OpenCL. I've got an OpenCL SHA256 hash funcition (...
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How to enforce/specify the type of a module local variables similar to the module arguments?

In Mathematica, one can specify the type of a module argument by giving the Head name. I am using type loosely here since Mathematica does not have types. But this does basically the same thing. So ...
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Defining a differential form in RGTC

I am using RGTC and following one of the tutorials (from RGTC.m - example 4 calculating Killing vectors). I am struggling with fundamental understanding how does the package keeps track of which ...
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How use LibraryFunctionDeclaration to call the function with DataStore parameter?

I have a CMakeProject1.dll produced by this code: ...
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Type Confusion in v13.1.0

Below is an expression that (for me) evaluates differently on the two most recent versions of Mathematica. Can others confirm this? It’s either a bug in v13.1.0, or my installation is faulty (which I ...
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FunctionCompiling lists of things

I have a compiled function that works on a list of some atomic type e.g. strings, but also want it to work on lists of others (e.g. integers, reals, symbols, etc). Moreover, nothing in the code has to ...
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When should I use Audio vs Sound Data types?

It seems like mathematica has 2 related data types Audio and sound. Why is there 2 separate data types? When would I use one versus the other? Guesses I know I can convert between them by ...
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How do I use a FunctionCompile(d) function in FindMInimum

Suppose I would like to speed up the function in FindMinimum[function[variables],startingPoint] by compiling function I've constructed a minimal working example to describe what I would like to do. ...
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FunctionCompile Type Errors

This function works uncompiled: Function[{n, m, k}, ParallelSum[ Length[Permutations[i]], {i, IntegerPartitions[m, {n}, Range[0, k]]} ]] but compiling with <...
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Type formation rules for 1-position expressions

I made a summary of the rules for formation of types for simple 1-position expressions, as I understand them. Here it is in textual form: A symbol, say, α, is a discrete entity, represented by a ...
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Using DataStructures in FunctionCompile

This is a follow up to this StackExchange question I am trying to do the equivalent of Select on a "FixedArray" data structure. Here is what I have tried so far: ...
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"Compile-time" patterns

If I define a function like f[x : {_, _Integer}] := (* function body *) then, as I understand it, every time f[expr] is ...
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How to use _Complex types in CUDAFunctionLoad?

The documentation for CUDAFunctionLoad specifies various base datatypes you can use for your function's arguments, including ...
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Adding a curve on DensityPlot: Epilog -> First[ContourPlot[...]] why the first?

I would like to understand why I have to add First around ContourPlot in the following example to have it working: ...
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How to use TypeFramework?

I found a paclet "TypeFramework". It seems to be designed for typed programming. How can I use it?
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How to use patterns to specify variable type as Boolean (True, False) in analogy to x_Integer, x_Real, x_Complex, x_List, etc

Say I define a function f[x_, y_]:= ..., the concrete definition of which is not important now. What is important though is, that I want ...
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How to restrict the type of input given to the function Input[]?

The function Input[] when evaluated displays a dialog box where one can enter any character. My question is how do I restrict the input only to a certain type such ...
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Provide definition to FunctionCompile

I recently upgraded to Mathematica 12, and I've been excited to explore new features such as FunctionCompile, which produces llvm code. I tried compiling the ...
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SemanticImport changes "string" type to "quantity" type--how to change during import or after import?

This question may overlap with other questions about the quirks of SemanticImport, but I don't see this specific wrinkle on StackExchange and I hope it will be a simple answer to help me and others ...
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What is an example of of idiomatic "typed" WolframScript?

I'd like to make my own "typed function" in WolframScript. Suppose the type we desire is called money, and we'd like to make a function called ...
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Make symbols atomic, without losing their type

So, I'd like to define a matrix M, that does not decompose into it's constituents when I do things like Tr[M], but I also want it's type to be retained. (By type, ...
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CompiledFunction::ctfa - Argument should be a rank 4 tensor of machine-size real number

Dear Mathematica community, I got the following error line: CompiledFunction::ctfa "Argument {<<1>>} at position 1 should be a rank 4 tensor of machine-size real number" This ...
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Who knows what happened in this code? (The difference between 3 and 3.)

I have a problem in my code. This code produces two different results when we use GM = {{Sqrt[3.], 0}, {-Sqrt[3], 3}/2} and GM = {{Sqrt[3], 0}, {-Sqrt[3], 3}/2}, where I just use Sqrt[3] instead of ...
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NumericArray versus PackedArray in MMA12

I just tried to understand the differences between NumericArray and PackedArray in MMA12. The memory footprint of a ...
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Is it possible to restrict the arguments for a function to a specific entity type?

I'm trying to wrap my head around how to work with Mathematica for building (computable) domain specific knowledge. One particular thing I didn't quite understand is how to create symbols for ...
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Why no RationalQ or RealQ?

Interesting pattern came up as I go through the homework replies of my students. Why is there no RationalQ or RealQ? We have <...
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Data Type that can contain multiple data types

In MATLAB one can use cell arrays and structures to "hold" data of different types. For example, one can define a cell array in which the first cell contains an array, the second a differently sized ...
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Is it possible to set multiple type to a variable?

Consider this f[x_Real] := 2 x f[1] f[1] f[1.0] 2.0 I want ...
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How to create an unevaluated command like Sequence

I work with linear combinations of graphs, $$c_1 G_1 + c_2 G_2 + \dotsc,$$ and I want to represent them in my Mathematica code. I represent graphs as adjacency matrices, e.g. ...
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How to define "typed" objects and their operator specializations?

I've defined a primitive sort of type system where my objects are defined as lists with an associated identifier: ...
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Integer data type mapping problem with SQLInsert in DatabaseLink package

I am working with a following SQL table named "ticket". Now let's see the data types for the columns. ...
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Specify Variable Size

Is there an easy way to specify the variable size and still use them as variables more specifically for the .NETLink? Something like the following I am thinking. ...
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Control data type (or precison?) to limit memory usage

I couldn't find the answer to my question, so here it is: I have quite a large table, which I generate in Matlab (for some reasons i use both Matlab and Mathematica, I'd like to use only one of them, ...
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How to get the type of an object

I'm looking for a way to get the type of an object: TypeOf["x"] -> String TypeOf[1] -> Integer Or something along those lines.
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Immutability, Association and typing

I have read the article by Leonid on the question. I am still struggling. I am trying to use Association to inject some pseudo-typing in my code. Here is my ...
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Compilation error: "Could not complete external evaluation at..."

I'm pretty new to trying to use Compile[], and I just can't see why I'm getting this error. I have two functions to define beforehand; one of them is a bit odd: <...
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V10's TypeSystem - what are these function useful for? [closed]

The symbols in the TypeSystem` context are clearly used for working with Datasets, but they seem powerful. I was hoping that someone could help explain how they work and is they are useful for ...
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Pattern type and list indexing warnings/errors

I'm new to Mathematica and am trying to implement some simple noise functions in it in hopes of eventually finding an integral for them. This is the interesting part of the code: ...
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Type error before replacement rule is applied

When I type a <> "0" /. {a -> "1"} I get the error ...
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How to convert a column of a Dataset into a list [closed]

I'm loving the fact that Mathematica has finally implemented the Dataset feature, but I'm still struggling a little with it. I have a Dataset that contains a bunch of functions for different diseases ...
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Datatypes and numbers in Mathematica

I have some questions about numbers in Mathematica: Does Mathematica work with datatypes like int, long, ...
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Relative factorisation with scalar quantities

I'd like to find a natural way to tell mathematica that a given unknown in a polynomial should be treated as a number, unlike the other variables. Typically I'd like to sum two polynomials in several ...
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Type declaration for list arguments

How can I make f[n_Integer]=2*n valid for a list of integers? For example: f[nlist_Integer] := 2*nlist[[1]] does not work ...
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How can I perfect this game for Wolfram Demonstration publication? [closed]

When the messages change the window inactivates, and when I try to host an interactive CDF on my site it turns red and says something about numbers having to be scaled or offset. Any help? I'm ...
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Declare type in InputField

Is it possible to declare a type in InputFunction to only accept positive Integers as input? I know i can create an ...
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Get expression type?

Is there a built in function that distinguishes between different kinds of variables? I mean something like: VariableType[ 123 ] Number ...
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