WolframLang: List and Find Functions

Find Function by Name

Information["*name*"]

🔸 SHORT SYNTAX: ?*name*

Show a clickable list of function names that contains name.

Information

Names["*name*"]

return a list of function names that contains name. Each element is a string.

Names

Calling Function is the Essence of Coding WolframLang

• There are about 7 thousand function builtin. (as of 2024-04-09)
• No need to load/import library to use builtin functions. Just call them directly.

Coding in WolframLang is essentially just about calling functions, nothing else. There is no “statements”. Everything is an expression. You change the expression by calling a function on it and get the return value. Even the typical assignment such as x = 3, is actally calling a function (Set[x,3]). Any function returns a value. e.g. Set[x,3] returns 3. Any software written in WolframLang, the entire source code, is one nested sequence of function calls.

It's essential to be able to find the function you want.

All WolframLang's function names are long and descriptive.