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NotebookGet[obj]

gets the raw expression corresponding to the notebook represented by the notebook object obj.

NotebookGet[]

gets the raw expression corresponding to the currently selected notebook.

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NotebookGet

NotebookGet[obj]

gets the raw expression corresponding to the notebook represented by the notebook object obj.

NotebookGet[]

gets the raw expression corresponding to the currently selected notebook.

Details and Options

  • NotebookGet allows you to take a notebook that is open in the front end, and get the raw expression corresponding to it in the kernel.
  • NotebookGet returns an expression with head Notebook, containing Cell expressions and boxes data.
  • NotebookGet[NotebookOpen[file]] returns the same expression as Get[file].

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

First create a small sample notebook to operate on:

Wolfram Language code: nb = NotebookPut[Notebook[{Cell["Subsection heading", "Subsection"], Cell["Some text.", "Text"]}]];

Get the notebook expression of the small sample notebook:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookGet[nb]

Applications  (1)

Wolfram Language code: nb = NotebookPut[Notebook[{Cell["Mathematical Constants", "Subsection"], Cell["pi", "Text"]}]];

Find subsection titles:

Wolfram Language code: Cases[NotebookGet[nb], Cell[t_, "Subsection", ___] :> t, Infinity]

Change Subsection-style cells to Section style:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookPut[NotebookGet[nb] /. Cell[c_, "Subsection", o___] :> Cell[c, "Section", o], nb];

Properties & Relations  (1)

NotebookRead reads only the selected part of a notebook:

Wolfram Language code: nb = NotebookPut[Notebook[{Cell["first", "Text"], Cell["second", "Text"]}]];
Wolfram Language code: SelectionMove[nb, Next, Cell]
Wolfram Language code: NotebookRead[nb]

NotebookGet always gets the whole notebook:

Wolfram Language code: NotebookGet[nb]
Wolfram Research (1996), NotebookGet, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html.

Text

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

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1996. "NotebookGet." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html.

APA

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_notebookget, author="Wolfram Research", title="{NotebookGet}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_notebookget, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={NotebookGet}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/NotebookGet.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}