Questions tagged [undocumented]
Questions on undocumented functionality of Mathematica. Note that such functions might be subject to change without notice in future versions.
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What Method options does FindInstance accept?
While answering Trouble getting FindInstance to return multiple results for certain constraints it became clear that for this problem FindInstance would be better ...
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What is the meaning of the last argument passed to the ColorFunction of a ParametricPlot3D?
According to the docs, the meaning of the arguments passed to ParametricPlot3D is $x, y, z, u, v$. This is 5 arguments: the Cartesian coordinates and the two ...
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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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In InputField, how to prevent Shift-Return from generating a new cell?
When running the following in a notebook (not a deployed CDF file), it can sometimes be annoying that accidentally pressing Shift-Return breaks out of the user ...
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Language`* documentation project
Language` context is around for a long time. It is also heavily used (APIFunctions / FormFunctions dependencies deployment rely on it).
It is undocumented and ...
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What does the symbol Continuation do?
There is a symbol Continuation (residing in the System` context). There is no usage or documentation for this symbol. ...
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Listable functions thread over Associations; is this documented?
Thanks to a somewhat misapplied use of MapThread I learned of this behavior:
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Why are delayed definitions in scoping functions NOT documented?
As outlined here, := may be used in scoping constructs like With to give delayed definitions, but this is undocumented.
This ...
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What happened to SequenceLimit?
In older versions of Mathematica, there was a function called SequenceLimit that allowed taking the limit of a numerical sequence. It is useful for speeding up the ...
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Is there a way to control which special forms Normal converts?
Normal documentation reads:
Normal[expr] converts expr to a normal expression, from a variety of special forms.
But is there a way to control which special ...
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The second argument of Signature
I've noticed that Signature can have an undocumented second argument. What does it do?
Signature[{1,2,3,4}, ?]
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Is there a method to enumerate the keys/values of System`Utilities`HashTable
Lacking from the simple API of System`Utilities`HashTable is a method to enumerate the keys/values.
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Behavior of Reduce with variables as domain
When using Reduce, I accidentally put a set of variables as the domain. To my surprise, it not only seems that Reduce expects ...
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The only usage for the option InterpolationOrder in NDSolve is to be set to All?
We know that changing the option InterpolationOrder in ListLinePlot、ListPlot3D、...
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Why does setting SyntaxInformation add a definition to DefaultValues
Before setting any definitions to the symbol f, the DefaultValues of f is empty:
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Does Mathematica support deep links?
So GitHub sent me on quite the journey, after it opened its desktop app from my browser. Copying the link I found something looking like: "github-mac://...".
I ...
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Changing the `ExtrapolationHandler` Function in Any Interpolation
This is a related question to What's inside InterpolatingFunction[{{1., 4.}}, <>]? and Suppress extrapolation of interpolating function in a ContourPlot.
When interpolating a set of points,...
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Undocumented syntax of FilledCurve [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Undocumented form for FilledCurve[]
A nice trick to get the outline paths of letters is to use the PDF exporter/importer
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What is FrontEnd`AttachedCell?
Perhaps it's not accessible from the front end, but what is this so-called attached cell?
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What does IndexBy do and how exactly does it work?
I just saw the function IndexBy in the autocomplete suggestions and I was curious to know exactly how it works. Unfortunately, there's no trace of it in the ...
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Can't make more than 249 Internal`Bags in a Table
I need a lot of Internal`Bags so I made them with Table. It works fine for 249 or fewer Bags...
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Is there any difference between Quiet and Internal`DeactivateMessages?
Both Quiet and Internal`DeactivateMessages seem to suppress error messages. Does anyone have any experience with them and found ...
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What are the main differences between RawArray and PackedArray?
What I know:
PackedArray is documented (to some extent) in "Developer Utilities Package", RawArray is just mentioned in ...
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Internal “Periodical” functions in version 7
In version 7 there exist these Internal` context functions:
?Internal`*Periodical*
AddPeriodical ...
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How to retrieve current FaceForm?
The current colour in a Graphics object can be retrieved using CurrentValue["Color"] for use in Dynamic stuff.
Example:
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How is the Hessian computed using ``Experimental`NumericalFunction``?
Here and here it was explained how to use Experimental`NumericalFunction to compute the Hessian of a numerical function. I would like to know how this undocumented ...
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Classify / Predict: ensemble of classifiers / predictors
Mathematica has undocumented functionality of combination classifiers / predictors in ensemble. How to get access to this functionality?
SeedRandom[1];
X = Table[
Join[
ToString /@ RandomReal[{...
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What are some useful (or hidden) properties of MeshRegion?
There is quite a bit of powerful functionality built in to MeshRegion, but it seems to be lacking in some areas. For example: extracting a list of edges that live ...
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How can I make FilledCurve smoother?
In How can I generate and randomly assign color to annular sectors? J.M. showed an interesting way to create a sector graphic using FilledCurve. Unfortunately it ...
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Possible Method for MatrixExp
Well, probably a hard question, but I think it's better to cry out loud :).
I noticed that MatrixExp has a Method option when ...
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What's in a ValueList?
I discovered a command System`Private`ValueList in my .mx dumps. It's an internal command and thus undocumented, but from the ...
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Why is a symbol still found after changing its context?
It seems that we can change the context of symbols:
In[1]:= x = 1
Out[1]= 1
In[2]:= Context[x] = "foo`";
But then x is still ...
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Bags and non-standard evaluation
What can internally be happening here? Is the evaluator just messing with us and going non-standard because it's a Bag? Or am I just not seeing how something like ...
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Is there a “GrabHand” and “OpenHand” MouseAppearance in Mathematica?
MouseAppearance[Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 5}], "LinkHand"]
Unfortunately I cannot get a screen grab to show the link hand but it is a cartoon hand with a finger ...
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What will happen if I set ExclusionsStyle for points in 2D plot?
For example
f[x_] := (x^5 - 4 x^2 + 1)/(x - 1/2);
Plot[f[x], {x, -1, 2}, Exclusions -> {f[x] == 0}, ExclusionsStyle -> Dashed]
Has the ...
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What is the equivalent of $ModuleNumber for DynamicModule
Mathematica provides access to $ModuleNumber which can be enormously useful.
Unfortunately I can't find the equivalent for ...
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What are valid settings for the TreatRepeatedEntries sparse array option?
There is a system option that controls how to build sparse arrays when a position is assigned more than one value. The default setting is First, meaning that all ...
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How can I define symbols but not have them show up in the front end?
I have a huge set of packages with, arguably, far too many functions. Paring down the number of functions, while a good thing to do eventually, is something I just don't want to spend the time on ...
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InlinePart. What is it and what happened to it?
So a while back I was searching for an unused high-application order symbol I could use for an OOP framework and I ran across InlinePart (esc @> esc) in my ...
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What is the effect of giving ColorFunctionScaling a numerical argument?
(by making a mistake) I realised that ColorFunctionScaling can take a list of numerical arguments rather than just booleans. The following is true for ...
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How to read and write data to open socket?
I am trying to open connection with socket. I am using this:
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Setting non-standard ImageResolution for EMF export as default
Mathematica has a bug in that BarCharts and ListPlots with Filling will export as a ...
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Second argument of Internal`DoubleToString
Does anybody have an idea what the meaning of the second argument of Internal`DoubleToString might be? It accepts also a third argument which seems to be related to ...
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What's the goal of the Macros` package?
I see in the Mathematica install a Macros` package. In windows the paths is for example:
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Lists for built-in functions that can work without brackets
I just noticed that Exit and Quit can work without brackets i.e. a single
Exit
or
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LibraryLink: Asynchronous Examples
Inside the directory structure of LibraryLink there are several example files. Basically, they are divided in two types:
Synchronous: demo.c, demo_error.c, ...
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Enigmatic message about MaxBend
Referring to the method I proposed for Problem with ParametricPlot Mathematica 10.0.2 throws an enigmatic error message:
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TableView displays negative numbers incorrectly
I'm trying to substitute TableForm with TableView because TableView is more handy with big data .
But on my Mathematica 9.0.1 (ubuntu 14.04_64bit) there is a problem with negative numbers:
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How to use Charting`ScaledTicks?
I found several topics about undocumented ScaledTicks function and tried to use this. Here is the first example:
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