prettyprint

From any Scilab datatype and provide a representation to the TeX, LaTeX or MathML formats

Calling Sequence

str = prettyprint(a) // Show the variable a with the default format (LaTeX)
str = prettyprint(a, exportFormat) // Show the variable a with the specified format
str = prettyprint(a, exportFormat, delim) // As above but change the delimiter
str = prettyprint(a, exportFormat, delim, processByElement) // As above but process each element independently
str = prettyprint(a,exportFormat, delim, processByElement, isWrapped) // As above Add the special keyword of Tex or LaTeX export

Arguments

:a is a Scilab variable : :exportFormat is the format, if omitted ‘latex’ is used by default,

it can be ‘latex’, ‘tex’ or ‘mathml’.

: :delimiter is a string indicating the delimiter to use for the

resulting matrix, it’s only used if isWrapped is true. The delimiter can be ‘(‘, ‘{‘, ‘[‘, ‘|’, ‘||’ or ‘)’

: :processByElement is a boolean to indicate if the resulting matrix

must be converted into a single string.

: :isWrapped is a boolean to indicate if the result must be wrapped

inside delimiters (‘$’ for latex and tex or nothing for mathml) to be used with xstring or xtitle

: :str the representation of the variable a :

Description

Taking a variable, the prettyprint function will provide a formated representation of it. Formats can be TeX, LaTeX or MathML. They can be used in third party applications but also within Scilab with the most of the `Scilab graphic features`_. The following types are handled by this function:

• Real / Complex matrices
• Polynomial types
• Boolean
• Integer
• String
• Tlist
• Rationnal
• Cell

Examples

str = prettyprint(`rand`_(3,3)) // Return the LaTeX representation of a 3,3 matrix
`xstring`_(0.2,0.2,str) // Show the representation in a graphic Windows

prettyprint(`rand`_(3,4),"mathml") // Return the MathML representation of a 3,4 matrix
prettyprint(`rand`_(3,4),"mathml","[") // Return the MathML representation of a 3,4 matrix with '[' as delimiter

s=`poly`_(0,'s'); G=[1,s;1+s^2,3*s^3];
`xstring`_(0.2,0.2,prettyprint(G*s-1)); // Show a polynomial through a LaTeX representation

See Also

• math_rendering_features_in_graphic Display mathematical equations in Scilab graphics through the LaTeX or MathML languages.
• xtitle add titles on a graphics window
• axes_properties description of the axes entity properties
• label_properties description of the Label entity properties
• legend_properties description of the Legend entity properties.
• sci2exp converts an expression to a string
• text_properties description of the Text entity properties
• xstringb draw strings into a box
• xstringl compute a box which surrounds strings
• xstring draw strings