Needs

Needs["context`"] loads an appropriate file if the specified context is not already in $Packages.

Needs["context`", "file"] loads file if the specified context is not already in $Packages.

Needs["context`"] calls Get["context`"]. By convention, the file loaded in this way is the one which contains a package that defines context`.

Example: Needs["Collatz`"] typically reads in a file named Collatz.m.

See Section 2.7.10.

See also: Get, DeclarePackage, FileNames.

Related package: Utilities`Package`.

New in Version 1.

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