Mathematica Tutorial: Notebooks And Documents - Wolfram Research

Notebooks and Documents 63One-dimensional stringsTwo-dimensional boxesInputForm , FullForm , etc.StandardForm , TraditionalForm , etc.Typical representations of textual forms.In[1]:=This generates the string corresponding to the textual representation of the expression inInputForm.ToString@x^2 + y^3, InputFormDOut[1]= x^2 + y^3FullForm shows the string explicitly.In[2]:=FullForm@%DOut[2]//FullForm= "x^2 + y^3"Here are the individual characters in the string.In[3]:=Characters@%DOut[3]= 8x, ^, 2, , +, , y, ^, 3