Details

• PacletSymbol is a convenient shorthand that installs the paclet if necessary, calls Needs on its primary context and evaluates to the named symbol.
• PacletSymbol loads the primary context of the paclet in a way that does not modify $ContextPath.
• For paclets that are not already installed, the paclet is downloaded and loaded in the current session but not installed for future sessions.
• PacletSymbol is a way to sample a paclet's functionality without permanently installing it or adding its context to the context path.
• The paclet argument can have any of the following forms:
• "name"name of the paclet or ResourceObject PacletObject[…]a paclet object ResourceObject[…]a resource object of type "Paclet" File[…]a paclet in a given directory
• PacletSymbol accepts the same options as ResourceObject.

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Retrieve a symbol from a paclet:

Use a function from a paclet:

Scope  (2)

Use a function from a PacletObject:

Hold the returned symbol:

Releasing the hold returns the value:

Properties & Relations  (1)

Using a symbol from a paclet typically requires calling Needs:

The Needs call modified $ContextPath:

Using PacletSymbol allows the symbol to work without modifying $ContextPath: