is an option to TextString and related functions that specifies which expressions should be elided.


ElidedForms
is an option to TextString and related functions that specifies which expressions should be elided.
Details

- ElidedForms->All specifies that any expressions not explicitly recognized by TextString should be elided.
- ElidedForms->Automatic specifies that expressions without obvious textual representations should be elided.
- ElidedForms->{head1,head2,…} specifies that expressions with the given heads should be elided, in addition to the heads elided by ElidedForms->Automatic.
- ElidedForms->None indicates that no expressions should be elided.
Examples
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TextString by default elides any expressions without obvious textual representations:
Use ElidedForms->None to elide nothing:
See Also
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), ElidedForms, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ElidedForms.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "ElidedForms." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ElidedForms.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). ElidedForms. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ElidedForms.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_elidedforms, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ElidedForms}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ElidedForms.html}", note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_elidedforms, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ElidedForms}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ElidedForms.html}, note=[Accessed: 15-August-2025]}