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PrintTemporary

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prints expr as a temporary cell in a notebook, removing it when the evaluation of the current input line is complete.

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Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)Summary of the most common use cases

Print a temporary cell during an evaluation:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/05fjthpdbm-konr1o
Out[1]=1

Explicitly delete temporary cells during the course of evaluation:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/05fjthpdbm-s3ewe

If not deleted, multiple temporary cells are printed:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/05fjthpdbm-grqzq

Possible Issues  (1)Common pitfalls and unexpected behavior

PrintTemporary on parallel subkernels is equivalent to ordinary Print:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/05fjthpdbm-4vtwo3
Out[1]=1

Use a shared variable to communicate the state to the master kernel and observe it there:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/05fjthpdbm-7s4b7n
In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/05fjthpdbm-ih7w5k
Out[3]=3
Wolfram Research (2007), PrintTemporary, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html.
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Wolfram Research (2007), PrintTemporary, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html.

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Wolfram Research (2007), PrintTemporary, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html.

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Wolfram Research (2007), PrintTemporary, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "PrintTemporary." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2007. "PrintTemporary." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). PrintTemporary. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html

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Wolfram Language. (2007). PrintTemporary. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_printtemporary, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PrintTemporary}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-May-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_printtemporary, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PrintTemporary}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-May-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_printtemporary, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PrintTemporary}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-May-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_printtemporary, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PrintTemporary}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PrintTemporary.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-May-2025 ]}