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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
SubscriptBox
SubscriptBox[x, y]
is the low-level box representation for 
in notebook expressions.
Details and Options
- SubscriptBox is the low-level representation of Subscript. Except for low-level notebook expression manipulation, SubscriptBox should not need to be used directly.
- Inside
SubscriptBox[x, y] can be input as 
. - In a notebook, a SubscriptBox can be created using Ctrl+_ or Ctrl+-. Ctrl+Space moves out of the subscript position.
- In StandardForm, SubscriptBox[x, y] is interpreted on input as Subscript[x, y].
- The baseline of SubscriptBox[x, y] is taken to be the baseline of x.
- SubscriptBox[x, y] is usually output with y in a smaller font than x.
- In StandardForm, explicit SubscriptBox objects are output literally. You can use DisplayForm to see the display form of such objects.
Examplesopen all
Basic Examples (3)
Display a letter with a subscript:
| In[1]:= |
Out[1]//DisplayForm= | |
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A SubscriptBox form is typically interpreted as a Subscript expression:
| In[1]:= |
| Out[1]= |  |
| In[2]:= |
Out[2]//FullForm= | |
 | |
The standard formatting for Subscript uses SubscriptBox:
| In[1]:= |
Out[1]//FullForm= | |
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The formatted result looks like this:
| In[2]:= |
| Out[2]= |  |
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