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$Context

Usage

• $Context is a global variable that gives the current context.


Notes

• Contexts are specified by strings of the form "name`".
• $Context is modified by Begin, BeginPackage, End and EndPackage.
• $Context is a rough analog for Mathematica symbols of the current working directory for files in many operating systems.
• See Section 2.7.8.
• See also: Context, $ContextPath.
• New in Version 1.
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