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Contexts[]

gives a list of all contexts.

Contexts["string"]

gives a list of the contexts that match the string.

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Contexts

Contexts[]

gives a list of all contexts.

Contexts["string"]

gives a list of the contexts that match the string.

Details and Options

  • Contexts allows abbreviated string patterns containing the following metacharacters:
  • *zero or more characters
    @one or more characters, excluding uppercase letters
    \\*, etc.literal *, etc.
  • Contexts["string"] includes any context aliases matching "string" by default. With ResolveContextAliasesFalse, only non-aliased matching contexts will be returned. »

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

Give all contexts starting with "As":

Wolfram Language code: Contexts["As*"]

Options  (1)

ResolveContextAliases  (1)

Contexts resolves aliases by default:

Wolfram Language code: $ContextAliases["abc`"] = "NewContext`"; abc`newSymbol Contexts["abc`"]

Use the ResolveContextAliases option to prevent alias resolution:

Wolfram Language code: Contexts["abc`", ResolveContextAliases -> False]

Properties & Relations  (1)

The number of contexts used throughout the system is large:

Wolfram Language code: Length[Contexts[]]
Wolfram Research (1991), Contexts, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Contexts.html (updated 2021).

Text

Wolfram Research (1991), Contexts, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Contexts.html (updated 2021).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "Contexts." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2021. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Contexts.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). Contexts. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Contexts.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_contexts, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Contexts}", year="2021", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Contexts.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_contexts, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Contexts}, year={2021}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Contexts.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}