Linked Questions
10 questions linked to/from Why does `Block` reset `Attributes`?
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What are the use cases for different scoping constructs?
Mathematica includes three functions that I know of which can be used to effectively (if not actually) define a variable and give it a value within a local scope: ...
106 votes
2 answers
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Is it possible to define a new PlotTheme?
In version 10 one can define, say, $PlotTheme = "Scientific" Which changes the appearance of all plots. This is fantastic because on the one hand I can have nice ...
40 votes
5 answers
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How to examine the structure of Graphics objects
One difficulty I'm encountering in studying the structure of Graphics objects is that I have not yet found a way to print or display such structures that are ...
41 votes
2 answers
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Copying one symbol into another
I would like to know how can I completely copy one Symbol to another. When I say copy, a refer to UpValues, DownValues, ...
29 votes
2 answers
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What is the purpose of Internal`LocalizedBlock?
I have come across the (internal) use of the function: Internal`LocalizedBlock I am trying to determine its purpose. It seem to behave like ...
32 votes
1 answer
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Is the renaming mechanism of `With` flawed?
I'm confused about the renaming mechanism of With: ...
19 votes
2 answers
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Understanding Villegas-Gayley
In this nice answer, Mr.Wizard writes ...
21 votes
1 answer
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ClearAll::clloc - "Cannot clear local variable x" in Block[{x}, ...] - why?
Block[{x}, ClearAll@x] ClearAll::clloc: Cannot clear local variable x. The documentation just says An error occurs because ClearAll cannot be used with a ...
13 votes
1 answer
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Is there a way to find out who is importing a package?
After calling some functions, if I look into $ContextPath, I can see that JLink` is in there. Is there a way to find out what ...
3 votes
0 answers
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What does the "ScalingFunctions" Method suboption of Graphics do?
Some plotting functions produce a Graphics with a "ScalingFunctions" suboption within the ...