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why sage help not give out a function'name Directory by subjects?

asked 11 years ago

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index is too big,not differentiate between by different subjects

like magma/maple/mathematica,all numberfield'function name get together, all group'function name get together, all autoform'function name get together,every function link to Documentation

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answered 11 years ago

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Do you mean this: http://www.sagemath.org/doc/reference... ? It is broken up into individual chapters, each of which deal with one particular area.

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answered 11 years ago

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yes,like maple online Documentation is good!

when I find some function about numberfield,net page,next page,but too many page,yesterday I used it,but today I cannot find it!

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Sage is organized a bit different from Maple. First, when you define any object like C. = CyclotomicField(7) Then all the methods that are available to `C` can be accessed by doing `C.[tab]` where `[tab]` implies that you should press the `Tab` button on your keyboard. Once you find a method that seems relevant to what you want to do, say, `C.gen`, then type `C.gen?[tab]` and you will see the documentation of the method. Type `C.gen??[tab]` to see the source code. What I want to say here is that you don't need to go around poking through the documentation. You can discover the functionality on the fly.

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