The commands in a package can always be accessed by using the long form of the command name in the command calling sequence.

For example, in the CurveFitting package, use the following long-form calling sequence to compute an interpolating polynomial.

CurveFitting:-PolynomialInterpolation(arguments)

In the Student:-LinearAlgebra subpackage, use the following long-form calling sequence to compute the rank of a Matrix A.

Student:-LinearAlgebra:-Rank(A)

The long form of the command name is necessary if:

- All of the package command short forms have not been previously defined by using with(PackageName), or

- The short form of the command has not been previously defined by using the with command, with(PackageName, command).

Additionally, if another object in the current Maple session has the same name as a command in the PackageName package, the PackageName command can be accessed using PackageName:-command(arguments).

The short form of a particular PackageName command can be used during the current Maple session after with(PackageName, command) has been entered. To use the short form of all the PackageName command names during the current Maple session, enter the with(PackageName) command first.

For example, use the following short-form calling sequence to compute an interpolating polynomial (assuming with(CurveFitting) has already been entered).

PolynomialInterpolation(arguments)

Use the following short-form calling sequence to compute the rank of a Matrix A (assuming with(Student:-LinearAlgebra) has already been entered).

Rank(A)

To see a list of the packages in the current Maple session for which the short form command names are available, use the packages() command. For an index of all packages in Maple, see index/package. For more information on using with, see with.