How to get Information as a string?

Asked Jun 10 '16 at 19:54

Active Jun 10 '16 at 20:00

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I'd like to get the usage statement returned by Information[] as a plaintext string - not boxes, is there a function for this?

This is silly:

Information@ImageCrop
c = NotebookRead@PreviousCell[];
ToString[ToExpression@c[[1, 1, 1, 1, 1]]]

edited Jun 10 '16 at 20:00

asked Jun 10 '16 at 19:54

M.R.

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ImageCrop::usage // ToString? – Kuba Jun 10 '16 at 20:23
Ah that is too easy – M.R. Jun 10 '16 at 21:05
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You may be interested in http://mathematica.stackexchange.com/q/22779/5478 – Kuba Jun 10 '16 at 22:44
Expanding on @Kuba comment: info[sym_Symbol] := ToString[sym] <> "::usage // ToString" // ToExpression – Bob Hanlon Jun 11 '16 at 00:25
I don't very sure.Maybe you mean WolframLanguageData["ImageCrop", "TypesetUsage"] – yode Jun 11 '16 at 01:11
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@yode I think that should be WolframLanguageData["ImageCrop", "PlaintextUsage"]. – Edmund Jun 11 '16 at 02:31
@Edmund Ok.I missed that. :) – yode Jun 11 '16 at 02:34

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