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Beep[]

generates an audible beep when evaluated.

Beep["message"]

beeps and populates the Why the Beep dialog with message.

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Beep

Beep[]

generates an audible beep when evaluated.

Beep["message"]

beeps and populates the Why the Beep dialog with message.

Details and Options

  • Beep generates sound through the notebook front end.
  • Beep[message] generates a beep and provides the string message to the Help ▶ Why the Beep? dialog, leaving the dialog closed by default.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (2)

Make a beep:

Wolfram Language code: Beep[]

Produce a beep and provide a message for the Why the Beep dialog:

Wolfram Language code: Beep["That action is not supported."]

Applications  (1)

Beep before each calculation:

Wolfram Language code: Table[ Beep[]; FactorInteger[RandomPrime[2 ^ 80]RandomPrime[2 ^ 80]], 5]

Properties & Relations  (1)

Use ToString with a second argument to create string messages that contain arbitrary typesetting:

Wolfram Language code: Beep[ToString[Row[{"You forgot to give ", Style["f", Bold], " a value in ", Integrate[1 / f[x], x], ". ", Hyperlink[">>", "paclet:ref/Integrate"]}], StandardForm]]

Possible Issues  (4)

Only string messages are supported:

Wolfram Language code: Beep[x + y]

If the given message is too long, it may be truncated:

Wolfram Language code: Beep[ToString[Range[500]]]

The global settings for MessageOptions can change the behavior of Beep[message]:

Wolfram Language code: CurrentValue[$FrontEndSession, {MessageOptions, "WarningAction"}]
Wolfram Language code: CurrentValue[$FrontEndSession, {MessageOptions, "ErrorAction"}]

The front end may not produce every requested beep if the requests are too frequent.

Wolfram Language code: Do[Beep[], 5]
Wolfram Language code: Do[Beep[ToString[i]], {i, 5}]
Wolfram Research (2007), Beep, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Beep.html (updated 2022).

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), Beep, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Beep.html (updated 2022).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "Beep." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2022. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Beep.html.

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_beep, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Beep}", year="2022", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Beep.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_beep, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Beep}, year={2022}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Beep.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}