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DisplayForm problem with pi in FractionBox


Using CellPrint with a TraditionalForm stringHelp on output formattingTypesetting helpFullForm in Linux Command Line with -nopromptControl line wrapping within a Grid cellHow to display EntityProperty objects with their CanonicalName?Would like input and output printed on same line, w/o needing extra syntaxFirst line with bold text and the second line with Italic textForcing nice positions of summation Σ 's under and overscript in FractionBoxMathematical symbols appear grey/faded/opaque













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The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol for pi.



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All help with an alternative or correction of this would be much appreciated, thank you.










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    Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
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The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol for pi.



enter image description here



All help with an alternative or correction of this would be much appreciated, thank you.










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    $begingroup$
    Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
    $endgroup$
    – MarcoB
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  • $begingroup$
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The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol for pi.



enter image description here



All help with an alternative or correction of this would be much appreciated, thank you.










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The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol for pi.



enter image description here



All help with an alternative or correction of this would be much appreciated, thank you.







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    $begingroup$
    Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
    $endgroup$
    – MarcoB
    5 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    People here generally like users to post code as Mathematica code instead of just images or TeX, so they can copy-paste it. It makes it convenient for them and more likely you will get someone to help you. You may find this meta Q&A helpful
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  • 1




    $begingroup$
    Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
    $endgroup$
    – MarcoB
    5 hours ago










  • $begingroup$
    People here generally like users to post code as Mathematica code instead of just images or TeX, so they can copy-paste it. It makes it convenient for them and more likely you will get someone to help you. You may find this meta Q&A helpful
    $endgroup$
    – Michael E2
    3 hours ago







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$begingroup$
Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
$endgroup$
– MarcoB
5 hours ago




$begingroup$
Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
$endgroup$
– MarcoB
5 hours ago












$begingroup$
People here generally like users to post code as Mathematica code instead of just images or TeX, so they can copy-paste it. It makes it convenient for them and more likely you will get someone to help you. You may find this meta Q&A helpful
$endgroup$
– Michael E2
3 hours ago




$begingroup$
People here generally like users to post code as Mathematica code instead of just images or TeX, so they can copy-paste it. It makes it convenient for them and more likely you will get someone to help you. You may find this meta Q&A helpful
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    Why are you inputting a FractionBox? There should not be any need to do so. However, if you must do this, you should generate the boxes using MakeBoxes instead:



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        MakeBoxes[π/2]



        FractionBox["π", "2"]








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