Timeline for What role to sub/superscripts play in Mathematica?
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| Jul 24, 2015 at 16:56 | comment | added | Szabolcs | @space_voyager I use them for formatting, e.g. they're convenient to use when generating log-tickmarks to get $10^0, 10^1, 10^2, ...$. Think of them as something that formats in a certain way but has absolutely no builtin meaning otherwise. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 16:43 | comment | added | Sjoerd C. de Vries |
Subscripts are for typesetting only; avoid them for most if not all programming endeavors. See also this FAQ, bullet 2. If you an unstoppable, strong urge to use them, have a look at the Notation package.
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| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:45 | comment | added | george2079 | I think they were designed to deliberately confuse newbies. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:45 | comment | added | space_voyager | @MichaelE2 Exactly. I'm wondering what sub/superscripts are designed to do in Mathematica such that I don't try to "fit" them for a use they're not meant for. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:42 | comment | added | Michael E2 | It's my impression that the question is not how to fix the first line. It's rather broadly, what can you do with subscripts and superscripts? In particular, what are they designed to do? That is, your last question is not a gripe, but your real question. Is that right? | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:37 | answer | added | IPoiler | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:34 | comment | added | Brett Champion | Related: mathematica.stackexchange.com/q/3020/69 | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:09 | comment | added | Michael E2 | One thing I can think of is that they're useful for formatting output. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:07 | comment | added | space_voyager | @Guesswhoitis. Interesting, but this isn't what I'm asking. | |
| Jul 24, 2015 at 15:06 | comment | added | J. M.'s missing motivation♦ |
Have you seen Indexed[]?
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| Jul 24, 2015 at 14:55 | history | asked | space_voyager | CC BY-SA 3.0 |