User Guide

7 Maple Expressions
This chapter provides basic information on using Maple expressions, includ-
ing an overview of the basic data structures. Many of the commands described
in this chapter are useful for programming. For information on additional
Maple programming concepts, such as looping, conditional execution, and
procedures, see Basic Programming (page 321).
7.1 In This Chapter
TopicsSection
• Expression Sequences
• Sets
• Lists
• Tables
• Arrays
• Matrices and Vectors
• Functional Operators
• Strings
Creating and Using Data Structures - How
to define and use basic data structures
• Low-Level Operations
• Manipulating Expressions
• Evaluating Expressions
Working with Maple Expressions - Tools
for manipulating and controlling the evalu-
ation of expressions
7.2 Creating and Using Data Struc-
tures
Constants, data structures, mathematical expressions, and other objects are
Maple expressions. For more information on expressions, refer to the Maple
Help System.
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