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How does Clear["Global`*"] work?

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  • Subject: [mg120794] How does Clear["Global`*"] work?
  • From: Themis Matsoukas <tmatsoukas at me.com>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:09:20 -0400 (EDT)
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According to http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/howto/ClearMyDefinitions.html, Clear["Global`*"] clears all the definitions made during the current Mathematica session. However,

a = 1;
Clear["Global`*"]
a

1

How is Clear["Global`*"] supposed to work?

Thanks




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