# Get list all the binary functions?

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**Created:** [June 22, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/get-list-all-the-binary-functions/14264 "2019-06-22T16:30:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![felixchern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/felixchern/32/40361_2.png) [@felixchern](https://community.wolfram.com/u/felixchern)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/get-list-all-the-binary-functions/14264/1 "2019-06-22T16:30:13Z")

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Hello,  
I found this webpage very helpful. It lists all the **unary** functions, i.e., f(x).

[math functions](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/MathematicalFunctions.html)

I am curious if Wolfram has a similar webpage that shows all the **binary** functions, i.e., f(x, y) . What I can think of is sum, subtract, multiply and divide. Are there any another binary functions?

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**Author:** ![murray](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/murray/32/39879_2.png) [@murray](https://community.wolfram.com/u/murray)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/get-list-all-the-binary-functions/14264/2 "2019-06-22T19:22:28Z")

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Many of the “math functions” on the cited page are, in fact, binary. For example: `Plus`, `Times`, `Power`, `Log` (unary or binary), `Mod`, …

In fact, for either theoretical or practical purposes, I don’t understand what the importance would be for knowing which built-in functions are unary, binary, ternary, or whatever.

In that comment, I’m comparing the situation with the programming language J ([https://www.jsoftware.com/](https://www.jsoftware.com/)), where each primitive is either unary or binary and it essential to know which are which.

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**Author:** ![felixchern](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/wolfram/user_avatar/community.wolfram.com/felixchern/32/40361_2.png) [@felixchern](https://community.wolfram.com/u/felixchern)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://community.wolfram.com/t/get-list-all-the-binary-functions/14264/3 "2019-06-23T09:34:48Z")

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Hello Professor Eisenberg,

Thanks for your reply!

I just posted another question which gives a full picture of what I am trying to do. Your comments will be highly appreciated!

[enumerate high order function space](https://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/1709922)