Questions tagged [searching]

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TextSearch Function

I am trying to use the new text search function to help me look through a directory of files for string that I chose. Essentially I've got a large list of notebooks and don't want to manually look through all of them. By typing in a key word I…
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Determine if a variable appears in an expression or not?

Consider an arbitrary expression expr. This expression may contain arbitrary data, like integers, variables, implicit functions etc. Now, I would like to determine if the variable a does or does not appear in expr (which means, a could be a factor,…
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Is is possible to use regular expressions in the search and replace diaglog?

I find myself wanting to be able to do regular expression search and replaces in the Mathematica gui over and over again. Using a regex capable editor (such as vim), I could do something like: :,$ s/ *+ *s\>//cg for a prompted search and replace…
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How to find the primitive Heron triangles with three rational angle-bisectors by MMA?

I'd like to find the primitive Heron triangles with three rational angle-bisectors. In a Chinese book, I saw these primitive Heron triangles with three sides no longer than 1000, but I'm not sure if they are complete. How to find these primitive…
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Best way to search for Wolfram Language documentation and answers?

I just found this custom Google search engine I made 8 years ago to search through Wolfram Language Documentation, Mathematica StackExchange, MathGroup, and Wolfram Community. I was surprised to find that this was still producing better results than…
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How to search for content in all my Mathematica files, or in the opened ones?

I have one file where I used the package 'ReactionKinetics' but I forgot where. Does Mathematica allow for searches in all Mathematica files, or in the opened ones, like certain editors (Winedt, ...) do?
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