$NotebookInlineStorageLimit
specifies the maximum size in bytes of expressions that will be stored in displayed summary boxes, datasets and other compact outputs.
Details
- Summary boxes, which display the function name, an icon and key properties instead of the complete expression, are used by functions such as SparseArray, TimeSeries and InterpolatingFunction.
- Expressions smaller than $NotebookInlineStorageLimit contain a full copy of the expression and can be reused as input.
- Expressions larger than $NotebookInlineStorageLimit have summary boxes that do not contain a full copy of the expression, but provide an interface for storing the expression for later reuse.
- The expression can only be embedded in the notebook while the kernel session that created it is still running and has a reference to the expression, either in a variable or Out[n].
- For compatibility with versions of the Wolfram Language prior to Version 12.1, the value of $NotebookInlineStorageLimit can also be accessed using $SummaryBoxDataSizeLimit.
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)
The byte count of this sparse array is less than this limit:
Therefore, the following summary box contains the complete expression:
This summary box can be copied and used as input:
Set $NotebookInlineStorageLimit to a small value:
The byte count of this sparse array is greater than this limit:
Therefore, the summary box does not store the expression, but provides an interface to do so:
This version of the summary box cannot be used as input by simply copying it:
Copying the summary and box and clicking the Store now button will create a usable input:
Restore the default value of $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Scope (5)
Dataset respects $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Check the byte count of each expression:
Numerical functions such as InterpolatingFunction respect $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Check the byte count of each expression:
NearestFunction behaves similarly:
Array types that produce summary boxes respect $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Check the byte count of each expression:
Structured arrays behave similarly:
Statistical functions such as TimeSeries respect $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Check the byte count of each expression:
WeightedData behaves similarly:
GeoPosition respects $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Applications (2)
Save space in notebooks by setting $NotebookInlineStorageLimit to zero:
Create a summary box, which will not contain the expression, and save a reference to the cell in c1:
Restore the default value of $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Recreate the summary box for if, which now has the expression in it, and save a reference in c2:
Output cell c1 is about nine and a half kilobytes smaller than output cell c2:
Save memory in a kernel session by setting $HistoryLength to zero:
Create a large summary box, which will not be saved in the notebook:
Because there is no reference to the output, the Store now button cannot work:
Create another summary box, but save the result in the variable data:
As long as data is not reset, the Store now button will continue to work:
Verify that the data was in fact larger than $NotebookInlineStorageLimit:
Restore the default values of $HistoryLength:
Properties & Relations (1)
$NotebookInlineStorageLimit only affects summary boxes:
$OutputSizeLimit affects all outputs:
Text
Wolfram Research (2020), $NotebookInlineStorageLimit, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$NotebookInlineStorageLimit.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2020. "$NotebookInlineStorageLimit." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$NotebookInlineStorageLimit.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2020). $NotebookInlineStorageLimit. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$NotebookInlineStorageLimit.html