Create an icon that holds the numbers 1 through 100:

The icon evaluates to the list when used as input:

Create a named icon:

The icon can also be used as input:

Iconize strings:

Iconize associations:

Iconize a general expression:

Create named icons:

Use the icons in an expression:

Iconize an unevaluated expression:

The icon contains the unevaluated expression:

Outside of a holding construct, normal evaluation occurs:

Iconize evaluates its argument:

Interpretation allows you to specify an arbitrary appearance of an expression:

The expression is not evaluated by default:

Iconize has a unique appearance and evaluates its argument by default:

The typeset output produced by Iconize is not the same as the result of evaluation:

The typeset output evaluates to the first argument of the result:

When using compression, the iconized form may not be fully equivalent to the original expression:

When used inside functions that hold their arguments, the altered expression can be seen:

The original expression is recovered when the iconized form fully evaluates: