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CellPrint[expr]

inserts expr as a complete cell in the current notebook just below the cell being evaluated.

CellPrint[{expr1,expr2,…}]

inserts a sequence of cells.

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CellPrint

CellPrint[expr]

inserts expr as a complete cell in the current notebook just below the cell being evaluated.

CellPrint[{expr1,expr2,…}]

inserts a sequence of cells.

Details

  • If expr has head TextCell, ExpressionCell, or CellGroup, it is inserted unchanged into the notebook. »
  • If expr is a string or Text object, a text cell is created to contain it. »
  • If expr is any other type of expression, an expression cell is created to contain it. »
  • With a text‐based front end, CellPrint[cell] does the same as applying Print to the contents of cell.
  • Cells generated by CellPrint by default have GeneratedCell->True, so that they are overwritten if they are regenerated.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Create a text cell from a TextCell object:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[TextCell["a", "Text"]]

Create a sequence of text cells:

Wolfram Language code: TextCell[#, "Text"]& /@ {"a", "b", "c"}
Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[%]

Create a text cell from a string:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint["a"]
a

Scope  (4)

Strings are converted to TextCell objects with no specific style:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint["xxx"]
xxx
Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[TextCell["xxx"]]
xxx

General expressions are converted to ExpressionCell objects with no specific style:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[x ^ 2 + y ^ 2]
x2+y2
Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[x ^ 2 + y ^ 2]]
x2+y2

Lists are converted to multiple cells:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[{"xxx", x ^ 2 + y ^ 2}]
xxxx2+y2

Print cells with specific styles:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[N[Pi, 20], "Output"]]
Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[N[Pi, 20], "Input"]]
Wolfram Language code: 3.1415926535897932385
Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[TextCell["xxx", "Message"]]

Properties & Relations  (1)

Print is a special case of CellPrint:

Wolfram Language code: Print[x ^ 2]
Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[ExpressionCell[x ^ 2, "Print"]]

Possible Issues  (3)

Setting CellAutoOverwrite->False and repeatedly evaluating will not delete printed cells:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[Cell["First", "Print", CellAutoOverwrite -> False]]; CellPrint[Cell["Last", "Print", CellAutoOverwrite -> False]];

Setting CellAutoOverwrite and GeneratedCell can cause unexpected results:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[Cell["First", "Print", CellAutoOverwrite -> False, GeneratedCell -> False]]; "Last"

Evaluating input cells generated by CellPrint may put outputs in unexpected places, due to the CellAutoOverwrite and GeneratedCell settings in other cells generated by CellPrint:

Wolfram Language code: CellPrint[{ ExpressionCell[Defer[2 + 2], "Input"], TextCell["heading cell", "Subsubsubsection"], TextCell["text cell", "Text"], ExpressionCell[Defer[Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}]], "Input"]}]
Wolfram Language code: 2 + 2

heading cell

text cell
Wolfram Language code: Plot[Sin[x], {x, 0, 10}]
Wolfram Research (1996), CellPrint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellPrint.html (updated 2007).

Text

Wolfram Research (1996), CellPrint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellPrint.html (updated 2007).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "CellPrint." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2007. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellPrint.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1996). CellPrint. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellPrint.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_cellprint, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CellPrint}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellPrint.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_cellprint, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CellPrint}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CellPrint.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}