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Description
The Wolfram Language represents a major advance in programming languages that makes leading-edge computation accessible to everyone. Unique in its approach of building in vast knowledge and automation, the Wolfram Language scales from a single line of easy-to-understand, interactive code to million-line production systems. This book provides an elementary introduction to the Wolfram Language and modern computational thinking. It assumes no prior knowledge of programming, and is suitable for both technical and nontechnical college and high-school students, as well as anyone with an interest in the latest technology and its practical application. Contents Preface What Is the Wolfram Language? Practicalities of Using the Wolfram Language Other Resources 1| Starting Out: Elementary Arithmetic 2| Introducing Functions 3| First Look at Lists 4| Displaying Lists 5| Operations on Lists 6| Making Tables 7| Colors and Styles 8| Basic Graphics Objects 9| Interactive Manipulation 10| Images 11| Strings and Text 12| Sound 13| Arrays, or Lists of Lists 14| Coordinates and Graphics 15| The Scope of the Wolfram Language 16| Real-World Data 17| Units 18| Geo Computation 19| Dates and Times 20| Options 21| Graphs and Networks 22| Machine Learning 23| More about Numbers 24| More Forms of Visualization 25| Ways To Apply Functions 26| Pure Anonymous Functions 27| Applying Functions Repeatedly 28| Tests and Conditionals 29| More about Pure Functions 30| Rearranging Lists 31| Parts of Lists 32| Patterns 33| Expressions and their Structure 34| Associations 35| Natural Language Understanding 36| Creating Websites and Apps 37| Layout and Display 38| Assigning Names to Things 39| Immediate and Delayed Value 40| Defining Your Own Functions 41| More about Patterns 42| String Patterns and Templates 43| Storing Things 44| Importing and Exporting 45| Datasets 46| Writing Good Code 47| Debugging Your Code What We Haven't Discussed Afterword: Being a Programmer Answers to Exercises Index Additional Resources Companion Website Related Topics Tutorial and Reference |
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