ReturnExpressionPacket[expr]
is a WSTP packet that contains the expression expr, the result of an EnterExpressionPacket evaluation.


ReturnExpressionPacket
ReturnExpressionPacket[expr]
is a WSTP packet that contains the expression expr, the result of an EnterExpressionPacket evaluation.
Details

- A single EnterExpressionPacket may return multiple ReturnExpressionPacket expressions if a list of box expressions was sent.
- An EnterExpressionPacket might have no corresponding ReturnExpressionPacket if the expression suppresses its output.
- The final ReturnExpressionPacket in a given exchange is typically followed by an InputNamePacket.
Tech Notes
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History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), ReturnExpressionPacket, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnExpressionPacket.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "ReturnExpressionPacket." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnExpressionPacket.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). ReturnExpressionPacket. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnExpressionPacket.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_returnexpressionpacket, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ReturnExpressionPacket}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnExpressionPacket.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_returnexpressionpacket, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ReturnExpressionPacket}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnExpressionPacket.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}