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Sub-subscripts in strings cause different spacings than subscripts
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 00:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)Lexicographic ordering of strings in MathematicaSpecifying string patterns in DeleteCasesSplit string into sub-strings of length nSplitting a list by specifying section headersConcatenate strings from different levels of listToExpression an arraySelectively converting numerical strings to expressionsHow to take all sub-strings in a string that are combinations of specified characters onlyHow to extract all sub-strings of string with a specified start and end using StringCases?Have a String of letters with different font sizes - LineLegend
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Spacing around subscripts within strings seems to work well:
But the spacing around sub-subscripts does not:
I did not manually add that space after the 2. How can this be fixed? Thanks!
string-manipulation input
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Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
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Spacing around subscripts within strings seems to work well:
But the spacing around sub-subscripts does not:
I did not manually add that space after the 2. How can this be fixed? Thanks!
string-manipulation input
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Spacing around subscripts within strings seems to work well:
But the spacing around sub-subscripts does not:
I did not manually add that space after the 2. How can this be fixed? Thanks!
string-manipulation input
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
$endgroup$
Spacing around subscripts within strings seems to work well:
But the spacing around sub-subscripts does not:
I did not manually add that space after the 2. How can this be fixed? Thanks!
string-manipulation input
string-manipulation input
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
asked 2 hours ago
Kevin AusmanKevin Ausman
25417
25417
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The subscript is interpreted as Times[Subscript[H, 2], O], and Mathematica uses spaces to denote multiplication. You can work around this by using the ZeroWidthTimes option:
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
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I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
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– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
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@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
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– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
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Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
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– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
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The subscript is interpreted as Times[Subscript[H, 2], O], and Mathematica uses spaces to denote multiplication. You can work around this by using the ZeroWidthTimes option:
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
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I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
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– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
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@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
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– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
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Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
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– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
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$begingroup$
The subscript is interpreted as Times[Subscript[H, 2], O], and Mathematica uses spaces to denote multiplication. You can work around this by using the ZeroWidthTimes option:
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
73.6k398192
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
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– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
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@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
The subscript is interpreted as Times[Subscript[H, 2], O], and Mathematica uses spaces to denote multiplication. You can work around this by using the ZeroWidthTimes option:
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
73.6k398192
$endgroup$
The subscript is interpreted as Times[Subscript[H, 2], O], and Mathematica uses spaces to denote multiplication. You can work around this by using the ZeroWidthTimes option:
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
73.6k398192
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
73.6k398192
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
73.6k398192
answered 1 hour ago
Carl WollCarl Woll
73.6k398192
73.6k398192
$begingroup$
I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
$begingroup$
@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
$begingroup$
@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
$begingroup$
I appreciate this workaround. Unfortunately, this is one example of several where strings are getting parsed when I don't want them to. I learned (from you) that I could stop different coloration by using ShowAutoStyles->False. Here I learn that I can fix misdisplayed strings with ZeroWidthTimes->True. This is feeling like whack-a-mole. I keep finding places where my notation (Chemistry-specific) runs counter to Mathematica assumptions, and so I have to tell Mathematica to handle each differently, when what I would really like is to tell Mathematica to simply not parse strings. Period.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
32 mins ago
$begingroup$
@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
$begingroup$
@KevinAusman The problem is that using subscripts inside of a string creates linear syntax, which is essentially the boxes of an expression. It is not a simple string.
$endgroup$
– Carl Woll
24 mins ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
$begingroup$
Fair enough. I guess I just don't see why a RowBox assumes that sequential boxes are multiplications. It makes sense to assume that if we have an expression, but not if it's in a string.
$endgroup$
– Kevin Ausman
3 mins ago
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