Re: :: notation
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- Subject: [mg77737] Re: [mg77665] :: notation
- From: Carl Woll <carlw at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:59:10 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <200706141015.GAA10332@smc.vnet.net>
Andrew Moylan wrote: >What are the properties of the :: notation? As in the following: > >function::usage = "bla"; > >Where can I read about this notation in the documentation? > > > > If you want to find the FullName of a particular notation, one method is to wrap an example of the notation in Hold and look at its FullForm: In[227]:= Hold[a::b] // FullForm Out[227]//FullForm= Hold[MessageName[a,"b"]] We discover that the FullForm version of :: is MessageName, which you can then look up in the help. Carl Woll Wolfram Research
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- From: "Andrew Moylan" <andrew.j.moylan@gmail.com>
- :: notation