ReturnPacket[expr]
is a WSTP packet that contains the expression expr, the result of an EvaluatePacket evaluation.
ReturnPacket
ReturnPacket[expr]
is a WSTP packet that contains the expression expr, the result of an EvaluatePacket evaluation.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Launch a subsidiary Wolfram Language kernel process:
Write the expression 2+2 to the link without evaluating it:
The result is a ReturnPacket expression:
Tech Notes
Related Guides
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), ReturnPacket, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnPacket.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "ReturnPacket." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnPacket.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). ReturnPacket. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnPacket.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_returnpacket, author="Wolfram Research", title="{ReturnPacket}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnPacket.html}", note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_returnpacket, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={ReturnPacket}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/ReturnPacket.html}, note=[Accessed: 11-August-2025]}