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apropos(String) -- symbols matching a pattern

Synopsis

Description

In the simplest case, the list of symbols containing the given string is returned.
i1 : apropos "atrix"

o1 = {ChangeMatrix, compactMatrixForm, diagonalMatrix, fillMatrix,
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     genericMatrix, genericSkewMatrix, genericSymmetricMatrix,
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     getChangeMatrix, Matrix, matrix, MatrixExpression, MinimalMatrix,
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     MutableMatrix, mutableMatrix, randomMutableMatrix, submatrix,
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     submatrix', sylvesterMatrix, SyzygyMatrix}

o1 : List
Regular expressions allow for more complicated requests. For example, to find all functions that start with mat or Mat:
i2 : apropos "^[mM]at"

o2 = {match, mathML, Matrix, matrix, MatrixExpression}

o2 : List

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