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Instant-use add-on functions for the Wolfram Language

Function Repository Resource:

 FullSymbolName

Source Notebook

Return a fully qualified name of a symbol regardless of current context settings

Contributed by: Richard Hennigan (Wolfram Research)

ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"][symbol]

returns the fully qualified name of symbol.

Examples

Basic Examples (1) 

Use the function:

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ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"][Plus]
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Scope (2) 

Retrieve the ResourceFunction:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"]
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Retrieve the ResourceObject:

In[3]:=
ResourceObject["FullSymbolName"]
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Use a string as input:

In[4]:=
ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"]["Plus"]
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Possible Issues (3) 

String inputs are only accepted when they correspond to a symbol that already exists:

In[5]:=
ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"]["mySymbol"]
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In[6]:=
mySymbol; ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"]["mySymbol"]
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Arguments are held:

In[7]:=
x; name = "x"; ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"][name]
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Insert arguments before evaluating:

In[8]:=
With[{name = name}, ResourceFunction["FullSymbolName"][name]]
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Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 1.0.0 – 15 August 2018

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