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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, genericMatrix,
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     genericSkewMatrix, genericSymmetricMatrix, getChangeMatrix, Matrix,
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     matrix, MatrixExpression, MinimalMatrix, MutableMatrix, mutableMatrix,
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     randomMutableMatrix, submatrix, submatrix', sylvesterMatrix,
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     SyzygyMatrix}

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

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

o2 : List

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