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Macaulay2Doc :: findSynonyms(Symbol)

findSynonyms(Symbol) -- find synonyms of symbols

Synopsis

Function: findSynonyms
Usage:

findSynonyms x
Inputs:
- x, a symbol
Outputs:
- a list of all the names for the symbol appearing in global dictionaries in use

Description

i1 : findSynonyms symbol res

o1 = {Core$res, Core$resolution, res, resolution}

o1 : List

i2 : symbol res === symbol resolution

o2 = true

i3 : res === resolution

o3 = true

i4 : res

o4 = resolution

o4 : MethodFunctionWithOptions

Code

/usr/share/Macaulay2/Core/document.m2:768:26-772:17: --source code:
findSynonyms Symbol := x -> (
    result := {};
    scan(dictionaryPath, dict -> scan(pairs dict, (name, symb) ->
            if x === symb and getGlobalSymbol name === symb then result = append(result, name)));
    sort unique result)

See also

dictionaryPath