SelectionEvaluateCreateCell
SelectionEvaluateCreateCell[notebook]
takes the current selection in a notebook and creates a new cell containing the result obtained by evaluating the contents of the selection using the kernel.
SelectionEvaluateCreateCell[notebook,sel]
sets the current selection after the evaluation to be as specified by sel.
Details
- The first argument of SelectionEvaluateCreateCell is a NotebookObject.
- Possible settings for sel are as in NotebookWrite.
- The default for sel is After.
- SelectionEvaluateCreateCell[notebook,All] sets the current selection to be the cell corresponding to the result from the evaluation.
- SelectionEvaluateCreateCell performs the same underlying operation as typing
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in the front end. It does not, however, have side effects such as incrementing $Line.
Examples
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Scope (2)
Make the selection be a point within an input cell:
SelectionEvaluateCreateCell takes the whole cell as input:
Properties & Relations (1)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), SelectionEvaluateCreateCell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionEvaluateCreateCell.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "SelectionEvaluateCreateCell." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionEvaluateCreateCell.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). SelectionEvaluateCreateCell. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SelectionEvaluateCreateCell.html