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exportFrom -- export symbols from a package's private dictionary

Usage:

exportFrom(pkg, {"symbol1", "symbol2"})
Inputs:
- pkg, a package or a string, the package containing the symbols
- a string or a list, of strings, corresponding to the symbols to export
Consequences:
- package symbols provided in the list will be added to the dictionary of the current package, and will be exported

Description

This function can be used to export specific symbols from the private dictionary of another package.

i1 : exportFrom_Core {"HTML"}

o1 = {HTML}

o1 : List

See also

export -- export symbols from a package
importFrom -- import symbols to the current private dictionary
Dictionary -- the class of all dictionaries

Ways to use exportFrom:

exportFrom(Package,List)
exportFrom(Package,String)
exportFrom(String,List)
exportFrom(String,String)

For the programmer

The object exportFrom is a method function.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/functions/export-doc.m2:140:0.