Basic Examples (4) 

Get an association of information about a system symbol:

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Restrict the set of properties retrieved:

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Get a list of associations of information about a list of system symbols determined by a RegularExpression pattern:

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Get a list of associations of information about a list of system symbols determined by a StringExpression pattern:

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Scope (8) 

Get a single property:

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An association of information about an image:

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An association of information about a machine learning object, but excluding the "Properties" property:

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Information on a PacletObject returned as an Association:

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Information on a ChannelListener object returned as an Association:

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Information on a LibraryFunction returned as an Association:

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Information on an Entity:

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Information on a QuantityVariable:

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Possible Issues (3) 

If running Information on the first argument produces no useful information, a message will be issued and $Failed will be returned:

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InformationAssociation on a string for which there is no associated symbol produces a message and returns $Failed:

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If the second argument contains a property that does not exist, InformationAssociation will return Missing:

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