Re: How input stacked characters with vertical bar
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- Subject: [mg53031] Re: How input stacked characters with vertical bar
- From: Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 06:35:09 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The University of Western Australia
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In article <cpekge$74l$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote:
> In a text cell, as part of an in-line mathematical expression, how do I
> type a stacked pair of expressions, both the same size. For example,
> the stacked b above a, next to a long vertical bar, as you would see in
> a statement of the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus that expresses the
> definite integral as F(b) - F(a).
Just as you do for an integral or a sum. Use
\[ControlKey] -
(subscript) for the lower limit and toggle to the upper limit using
\[ControlKey] 5
These are in the
Edit | Expression Input
menu.
> And which is the appropriate symbol for that vertical bar?
\[VerticalSeparator]
The keyboard shortcut is
esc | esc
> Is there some way to force it to expand vertically to the extent of the
> stacked expressions next to it, or must one do so manually.
Select the VerticalSeparator, open the Option Inspector, type in span,
hit return, and set the SpanMaxSize to Infinity.
Here is an example of such a cell:
Cell[BoxData[FormBox[RowBox[{RowBox[{"F", "(", "x", ")"}],
SubsuperscriptBox[StyleBox["\[VerticalSeparator]",
SpanMaxSize->Infinity], "a", "b"]}],
TraditionalForm]], "Input"
]
Cheers,
Paul
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