Thing -- the class of all things

Types of thing:

• AtomicInt -- the class of atomic integers
• BasicList -- the class of all basic lists
• Boolean -- the class of boolean values
• Database -- the class of all database files
• Dictionary -- the class of all dictionaries
• File -- the class of all files
• Function -- the class of all functions
• FunctionBody -- the class of function bodies
• HashTable -- the class of all hash tables
• Net -- the class of all nets and strings
• NetFile -- the class of all net files
• Nothing -- the empty class
• Number -- the class of all numbers
• Pseudocode -- the class of pseudocodes
• Symbol -- the class of all symbols
• SymbolBody -- see symbolBody -- symbol bodies
• Task -- the class of all tasks

Functions and methods returning a thing:

• Function Thing -- function application
• BasicList # ZZ -- see List # ZZ -- get value from list, hash table, database, dictionary, or string
• HashTable # Thing -- see List # ZZ -- get value from list, hash table, database, dictionary, or string
• List # ZZ -- get value from list, hash table, database, dictionary, or string
• Sequence # ZZ -- see List # ZZ -- get value from list, hash table, database, dictionary, or string
• scan(BasicList,BasicList,Function) -- see scan -- apply a function to each element in a list or sequence
• scan(BasicList,Function) -- see scan -- apply a function to each element in a list or sequence
• scan(Thing,Function) -- see scan -- apply a function to each element in a list or sequence
• scan(ZZ,Function) -- see scan -- apply a function to each element in a list or sequence
• taskResult(Task) -- retrieve the value returned by a task

Methods that use a thing:

• HashTable #? Thing -- see #? -- check existence of value in a list, hash table, database, or string
• Nothing #? Thing -- see #? -- check existence of value in a list, hash table, database, or string
• List * Thing -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Thing * List -- see * -- a binary operator, usually used for multiplication
• Thing =!= Thing -- see =!= -- strict inequality
• Thing === Thing -- see === -- strict equality
• Thing => Thing -- see => -- construct an option
• accumulate(Function,Thing) -- see accumulate -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• accumulate(Function,Thing,Thing) -- see accumulate -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• accumulate(Function,Thing,VisibleList) -- see accumulate -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• accumulate(VisibleList,Thing,Function) -- see accumulate -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• addHook(MutableHashTable,Thing,Function) -- see addHook -- add a hook function to an object for later processing
• append(BasicList,Thing) -- see append -- add an element to the end of a list
• apply(Thing,Function) -- apply a function to an object with an iterator
• applyPairs(Thing,Function) -- see applyPairs -- apply a function to each pair in a hash table
• assert(Thing) -- see assert -- check whether something is true, raise an error if not
• baseName(Thing) -- see baseName -- the base name of a generator
• between(Thing,VisibleList) -- see between -- insert something between elements of a list
• class(Thing) -- see class -- class of an object
• Command Thing -- see Command -- the class of all commands
• createTask(Function,Thing) -- see createTask -- create a task
• delete(Thing,BasicList) -- see delete -- delete some elements of a list
• describe(Thing) -- see describe -- real description
• dictionary(Thing) -- see dictionary -- determine the dictionary to which a symbol belongs
• makeDocumentTag(Thing) -- see DocumentTag -- the class of all document tags
• examples(Thing) -- see examples -- list the examples in documentation
• fold(Function,Thing) -- see fold -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• fold(Function,Thing,Thing) -- see fold -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• fold(VisibleList,Thing,Function) -- see fold -- apply a binary operator repeatedly
• Function _ Thing -- attach the first argument to a function of two or more arguments
• help(Thing) -- see help -- view documentation nodes
• hooks(Thing) -- see hooks -- list hooks attached to a key
• IndexedVariableTable _ Thing -- see IndexedVariableTable
• IndexedVariableTable _ Thing = Thing -- see IndexedVariableTable
• infoHelp(Thing) -- see infoHelp -- view documentation in Info format
• insert(ZZ,Thing,BasicList) -- see insert -- copy a list, inserting an element
• instance(Thing,Type) -- see instance -- whether something has a certain type
• isEmpty(Thing) -- see isEmpty -- whether an object is empty
• isFreeModule(Thing) -- see isFreeModule -- whether something is a free module
• isIdeal(Thing) -- see isIdeal -- whether something is an ideal
• isMember(Thing,Set) -- see isMember -- test membership in a list or set
• isMember(Thing,VisibleList) -- see isMember -- test membership in a list or set
• isModule(Thing) -- see isModule -- whether something is a module
• isMonomialIdeal(Thing) -- see isMonomialIdeal -- whether something is a monomial ideal
• isMutable(Thing) -- see isMutable -- whether something may be modified
• isPolynomialRing(Thing) -- see isPolynomialRing -- whether something is a polynomial ring
• isQuotientModule(Thing) -- see isQuotientModule -- whether something is evidently a quotient of a free module
• isRing(Thing) -- see isRing -- whether something is a ring
• isSubmodule(Thing) -- see isSubmodule -- whether a module is evidently a submodule of a free module
• methods(Thing) -- see methods -- list methods
• net(Thing) -- see net -- format for printing, as a net
• package(Thing) -- see package -- get containing package
• pairs(Thing) -- see pairs -- list the pairs in a hash table, dictionary, or basic list
• parent(Thing) -- see parent -- parent type of an object
• peek'(ZZ,Thing) -- see peek' -- examine contents of an object
• prepend(Thing,BasicList) -- see prepend -- add an element to the beginning of a list
• << Thing -- see printing to a file -- print to a file
• File << Thing -- see printing to a file -- print to a file
• Nothing << Thing -- see printing to a file -- print to a file
• String << Thing -- see printing to a file -- print to a file
• Program << Thing -- run program with input redirection
• registerFinalizer(Thing,String) (missing documentation)
• remove(HashTable,Thing) -- see remove -- remove an entry from a mutable hash table, list, or database
• replace(ZZ,Thing,BasicList) -- copy a list, replacing an element
• runHooks(MutableHashTable,Thing,Thing) -- see runHooks -- run the hook functions stored in an object
• runHooks(Sequence,Thing) -- see runHooks -- run the hook functions stored in an object
• runHooks(Symbol,Thing) -- see runHooks -- run the hook functions stored in an object
• scanPairs(Thing,Function) -- see scanPairs -- apply a function to the pairs in a hash table
• schedule(Function,Thing) -- see schedule -- schedule a task for execution
• ScriptedFunctor ^ Thing -- see ScriptedFunctor -- the class of all scripted functors
• ScriptedFunctor _ Thing -- see ScriptedFunctor -- the class of all scripted functors
• ScriptedFunctor Thing -- see ScriptedFunctor -- the class of all scripted functors
• select(Thing,Function) -- select elements from an object with an iterator
• SelfInitializingType Thing -- see SelfInitializingType -- the class of all self initializing types
• Set #? Thing -- test set membership
• Symbol _ Thing -- index variable
• Symbol _ Thing = Thing -- assignment to an indexed variable
• SYNOPSIS(Thing) -- see SYNOPSIS -- a standardized synopsis for use in documentation nodes
• take(Thing,List) -- see take -- take some elements from a list or sequence
• take(Thing,ZZ) -- see take -- take some elements from a list or sequence
• toList(Thing) -- see toList -- create a list
• toSequence(Thing) -- see toSequence -- convert to sequence
• truncate(InfiniteNumber,Thing) (missing documentation)
• ultimate(Function,Thing) -- see ultimate -- ultimate value for an iteration
• undocumented(Thing) -- see undocumented -- declare that something need not be documented
• viewHelp(Thing) -- see viewHelp -- view online documentation in a web browser
• VirtualTally _ Thing -- get a count from a tally
• Command \\ Thing -- see VisibleList // Function -- apply a function
• Function \\ Thing -- see VisibleList // Function -- apply a function
• SelfInitializingType \\ Thing -- see VisibleList // Function -- apply a function
• Thing // Command -- see VisibleList // Function -- apply a function
• Thing // Function -- see VisibleList // Function -- apply a function
• Thing // SelfInitializingType -- see VisibleList // Function -- apply a function
• WrapperType Thing -- see WrapperType -- a class of lists with abbreviated constructors
• ZZ : Thing -- repeat an item

For the programmer

The object Thing is a type, with no ancestor class..

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_types.m2:544:0.