Basic Examples (2) 

Output a short form of 100,000 integers in five lines:

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Output a short form of 100,000 integers, usually in a line or two:

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Scope (2) 

A prefix form of the Terse operator:

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An infix form of the Terse operator:

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Applications (1) 

Using Terse in composition with other operators can shorten output, as shown in the comparison below:

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Properties and Relations (1) 

An idea behind Terse, illustrated by a comparison of the expressions in the List below, is that it is less distracting than starting code with Short or a postfix form of something like Short[#,5]&:

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Possible Issues (1) 

Terse is like Short in that it requires parentheses surrounding the assignment in the code below if the intent is to let the variable range hold Range[100000] rather than its Short form:

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