Questions tagged [scripting]
For questions about Wolfram Language Scripts (formerly known as Mathematica Script), or running the kernel without direct user interaction.
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Destructuring a list containing two items to use it as arguments to a binary function
I'm experimenting with the Through function. I suspect there is a way to use that function to obtain both the mean and difference of two values. But this doesn't ...
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is there something like a “foreach” mode from the command line? Like in perl?
With perl we can run perl -p . That wraps a foreach loop around the code and executes the code on the file. What I'm looking for is something like
StringReplace[filename,"\t"->","]
and then I get a ...
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Using allocated cores for subkernels on computing cluster
I am really struggling to get to run my Mathematica job on a high-performance-computing cluster (TORQUE based). What I have is:
A wolfram script (wls), that is wrapped in a ...
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Importing Packages to .wls without shadow definitions and context specification
I am trying to import a package that works correctly when I use it in a notebook in a wolframscript .wls. I get a weird shadowing problem, however.
Here is a minimal working example ...
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How to execute an existing notebook with Wolfram Engine?
[My related question: mwe-for-compiling-functions-into-standalone-dll-and-calling-them-in-python - here I am exploring an alternative]
I have downloaded, installed and activated the wolfram engine (...
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Is each instance of a running wls script assigned a separate kernel?
I really like using wls scripts for running my Mathematica calculations on large datasets, as everything can become neatly automated. My question is about the ...
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Export data in a .wls script
I am currently facing the problem that the Export function does not behave as expected if I execute my code as a .wls script.
I execute my test.wls file in my ...
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Solve ODE system efficiently with mathematica
I've been trying to solve a system of ODE's with mathematica, which is a master equation of a hierarchically organized tissue model, where I want to quantify the number of cells at level 'k' with 'm' ...
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Installing WolframScript (12) on OSX (Catalina)
I did a clean install of Catalina (OSX 10.15) and Mathematica 12.0 installation was flawless. However I can't install WolframScript which I greatly need.
During the installation, after typing my ...
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How to extract the last output from the Maximize
Pitty on me! Still a beginner. After using Mathematica for 8 years and spending an hour on google, I remained unsuccessful to find an answer of:
How to extract the last element of the output of ...
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wolframscript command line output from ParallelDo kernels contains lots of gibberish
I run this code:
ParallelDo[
Print["Hi"];,
{i,Range[2]}
]
And I get this:
...
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script to remove multiple Connection Linkedin
Unfortunately i have so many Connections About 20,000 in Linkedin, so i need to delete them all in multiple way, but Linkedin allow one by one.
i searched there's a way in Internet, but all of them ...
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Conditions for solving in NDSolve
I'm trying to solve a system of ODEs but each variable is a probability so I should solve each variable for a range between 0 and 1 and with the sum of all variables equal to 1.
This is the system
...
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How do I reliably read from stdin using wolframscript?
I am trying to direct a stream of data to a wls script in a command line environment. Wolframscript provides the ...
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Wolframscript - no output from command when exec'd from php
I am trying to run a simple command via php:
echo shell_exec('wolframscript -code 2+2');
However, I am unable to get any output from this command when run like ...
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WolframScript not simplifying output
I'm trying to multiply a matrix and a vector (imported from a csv) in Wolframscript to speed up a process normally done with Mathematica notebooks. This is my first time using Wolframscript, however, ...
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How to turn an algorithm into a function
I have written a script to help me find the several local minima of a dataset. It takes two arguments: the dataset list and an x-coordinate value that tells the script from where to start looking for ...
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Passing arguments into WolframScript in batch mode
I am looking for a way to passing arguments into a WL script when WL run in batch modes.
The test script is:
...
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Passing arguments into package from a command line
I am interested in running the same experiment with the different initial state. So, I am looking for a way to passing arguments into a plain text .m file from the ...
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Run a shell script and pass arguments from inside mathematica
Is it possible to run a shell script AND pass it arguments from Mathematica? I have searched thoroughly and been unable to find a way to do this.
I want to avoid having to write a .wls for this ...
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Saving a WolframScript File to the cloud?
Is there a way to save the current (or some target) WLS file to the cloud programattically (via wolframscript)?
So if we are editing, i.e., ...
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Loading a file immediately upon launching the wolframscript REPL
When running, i.e., a bash shell, usually a file is automatically imported upon launch for convenience (~/.bashrc).
Can one do something similar when launching <...
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What techniques have you employed to avoid loop in Mathematica? [duplicate]
It appears to me that loop in mathematica is very slow (compared with matlab). Since many people still use mathematica to finish their work, there must be some techniques to bypass this problem.
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How to execute .wls as a web call through Windows IIS
If I have a simple test.wls file (Print["hi"];2+2) that works running in Command Prompt, how do I get it to run through IIS on Windows Server? It just comes up with ...
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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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Removing Extra Points When Finding an Audio Envelope
I am trying to reproduce Camtasia's way of displaying audio signals which is a strictly positive envelope of the audio signal and very easy for me to identify some sounds visually. These are displays ...
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Testing if a function input is an integer
I am wondering why code like
digitback[n_Integer] := Framed[Reverse[IntegerDigits[n]]]
can check if the input for the function is an integer (this is the ...
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TeXForm doesn't work in wolframscript?
Consider that
$ wolframscript -cloud -code 'TeXForm[ (d u)/(d t)]'
TeXForm[u/t]
yet
I don't have a local wolframscript kernel installed. Is this something ...
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WolframScript Causing Gibberish Characters When Printing to Console
Placing the following in ./file.wls:
e1 = a (x + I y) E^(I θ)
ComplexExpand[e1]
and running ...
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Running CloudDeploy from WolframScript
The following
$ wolframscript -cloud -code "CloudDeploy[Manipulate[n, {n, 1, 100}]]"
yields
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Querying WolframAlpha from WolframScript
Is it possible to query WolframAlpha from a wolframscript query? The following yields $Failed:
...
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Creating flags to use with wolframscript?
Is it possible to create flags to pass arguments into a script with wolframscript? I am trying to pass multiple variables that correlate to specific keys.
For example,
wolframscript -script ...
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Mathematica code in fortran [closed]
I have an integral in which the integrand is a combination of ratio of modified bessel function of second kind. I am able to find the solution of this integral with mathematica Nintegrate module with ...
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How to create a find-and-replace code in Mathematica?
Let's say I have a group of X's characters that I want to cut down. I want to use a method similar to 'find-and-replace-all' tool from Word, which takes an amount of X's each time, deletes them, and ...
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How does one use the free Wolfram Engine for developers on Linux?
I just downloaded wolframscript on Linux. Downloading the "free wolfram engine for developers" gives me a ...
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Getting a link to a Wolfram Cloud notebook from a WolframScript query?
Is there a way to make something like
wolframscript -code 'Plot3D[Sin[x + y^2], {x, -3, 3}, {y, -2, 2}]' -cloud
spin up a new Wolfram Online notebook with the ...
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Getting wolframscript to print out error messages?
While running a .wls file from the command line using wolframscript, is there a way to get the error messages printed to the command line?
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Context leak in Wolfram Script?
hello.nb
SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], CellContext -> Notebook]
Print["hello"];
a = 1;
Print[a];
Print@Context[]
bye.nb
...
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Console Output to file corrupted
When i run WolframScript and write the output of a *.wls to a file and then modified the program slightly, i started getting these more exotic outputs. The function used is NetTrain. Does someone ...
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Define a function when given a graph with points (0,3),(2,5),(10,4),(6,2) [closed]
Define a function when you are given a graph with points (0,3),(2,5),(10,4),(6,2)
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Passing custom options to WolframScript file
I have an example of WolframScript file file.wls with the following contents.
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WolframScript fails silently intermittently (but only when connected to internet)
When I execute "wolframscript" from a bash shell repeatedly, it sometimes starts up, and sometimes fails. Failures occur about half of the time. The failure is silent.
If I turn wifi off (so that I ...
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Electric Field Plot
I want to show an electric field of several arrangements of point charges in xy-plane.
I wrote a routine that plots an electric field of a charge:
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API is not responding
I am looking at the examples of wolframscript to learn its capabilities and syntax. In one of the examples the following API is considered.
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Writing a script that exports results depending on user input
Is there a way to tell Export to hold its arguments and just Export.
I tried to use ...
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Disable Message Windows
Is there any way to disable Mathematica's internal popup windows, such as "Why the beep?"
Cannot seem to find any documentation on the ability to turn it off, but need it turned off to write some ...
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How to export parameters in a text file?
I have some parameters defined in my notebook as, for example,
a=1;
b=2;
c=3;
and I want to export these parameters to a .txt file in which I have the following ...
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Wolframscript does not terminate
I have a little package and a script. The portion in the script is copied from the Mathematica notebook and finishes just fine within half a minute on my laptop. Now I want to run this as a script on ...
