HoldCompleteForm: Display an expression without any evaluation—Wolfram Documentation

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HoldCompleteForm

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- Evaluation Control
- Mathematical Typesetting
Workflows
- Handle Code Symbolically
- Substitute Values of Variables in Functions That Hold Their Arguments
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HoldCompleteForm[expr]

prints as the expression expr, shielding expr completely from the standard Wolfram Language evaluation process.

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See Also
Related Guides
- Evaluation Control
- Mathematical Typesetting
Workflows
- Handle Code Symbolically
- Substitute Values of Variables in Functions That Hold Their Arguments
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