CreateCloudExpression
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CreateCloudExpression
creates a new anonymous cloud expression that stores the specified initial value.
Details and Options

- By default, created cloud expressions have URIs whose base is the value of $CloudExpressionBase.
- New cloud expressions are created in the cloud defined by $CloudBase.
- The following options can be given:
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PartProtection Automatic which parts of the cloud expression are protected from change Permissions Automatic permissions for access etc. to the cloud expression
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
Create an anonymous cloud expression storing an initial value:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-t0o2qt

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-t06s0x
Retrieve a part from the cloud expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-o5swqs

Reset a part in the cloud expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-86xso7

Get the value of the whole cloud expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-kjlza1


https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-wtqcmk
Create a named cloud expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-ksa7h

Get the value of the cloud expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-rbhu6y


https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-gsc4zz
Options (3)Common values & functionality for each option
PartProtection (2)
Create a cloud expression with no part protection:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-upqq15

Change part of the expression, destroying its structure:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-w19kkp
Read the new value of the expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-myahfs

Get the part protection value:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-r20nf2

Create a part protected cloud expression:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-2e21nx

Attempt to modify the key "a", whose value is an integer:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-19g2x6

Read the value associated to key "a"; it is unchanged:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-3h2fj8

Get the part protection value:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0bh015ieewk3te-g00ruv

Wolfram Research (2016), CreateCloudExpression, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html.
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Wolfram Research (2016), CreateCloudExpression, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html.
Wolfram Research (2016), CreateCloudExpression, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2016. "CreateCloudExpression." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html.
Wolfram Language. 2016. "CreateCloudExpression." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2016). CreateCloudExpression. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html
Wolfram Language. (2016). CreateCloudExpression. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_createcloudexpression, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CreateCloudExpression}", year="2016", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html}", note=[Accessed: 29-April-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_createcloudexpression, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CreateCloudExpression}, year={2016}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CreateCloudExpression.html}, note=[Accessed: 29-April-2025
]}