Language Overview

At the core of Mathematica is its highly developed symbolic language, which unifies a broad range of programming paradigms and uses its unique concept of symbolic programming to add a new level of flexibility to the very concept of programming.

Symbolic Expressions »

f[a,b,...] — the basic underlying form of everything in Mathematica

Lists & Expression Manipulation »

{ ... } (List )  ▪ ... [ [ ... ] ] (Part )  ▪ Table   ▪ Length   ▪ Take   ▪ Select   ▪ ...

Functional Operations »

... & (Function )  ▪ /@ (Map )  ▪ Nest   ▪ NestList   ▪ FoldList   ▪ Array   ▪ ...

Pattern Matching »

_   ▪ __   ▪ |   ▪ ..   ▪ /;   ▪ Cases   ▪ Position   ▪ ...

Rules & Transformations »

-> (Rule )  ▪ :>   ▪ /. ( ReplaceAll )  ▪ ...

Definitions & Assignments »

=   ▪ :=   ▪ =.   ▪ ^=   ▪ ...

Logic & Tests »

==   ▪ !=   ▪ &&   ▪ ||   ▪ MemberQ   ▪ ...

Scoping & Modularity »

Module   ▪ With   ▪ Block   ▪ Dynamic   ▪ ...

Procedural Programming »

;   ▪ If   ▪ Do   ▪ While   ▪ Sow   ▪ Reap   ▪ ...

String Manipulation »

"..." (String )  ▪ StringExpression   ▪ StringReplace   ▪ StringCases   ▪ ...

Free-Form Linguistics »

( at beginning of input) — use free-form linguistics for computations and programs

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