Plus sign as Subscript

[PS_12920773]

How do you have the plus sign "+" be a subscript? Every time I try to subscript the plus sign, it just becomes an operator. But I want it to be part of the subscript.

[DJNewman]

In math regions: Use ^

In text regions: Press = while holding down the ctrl key

[PS_12920773]

using ^ causes it to be a superscript. I essentially use want to use the + as a symbol and not an operator

[DJNewman]

Ooooh I misread subscript as superscript because you kept talking about + and my mind associates those with superscripts.

Okay, so you want the + sign as a character, not as the math operator used for adding things. For example, like in a variable name, Variable_var+hello.

In that case.. you can't do that unless you do something goofy like use an alternate plus sign that isn't the + on your keyboard, like the ➕emoji, because that's just how variable naming rules are.

[LucMeekes]

Normally you can get (almost) character in a variable by first naming the variable as a string (so within double quotes) and you can use the ordinary + :

Then you delete one quote (the other quote disappears with it):

Then you can give it a value:

and you can use it in an expression:

However, this does not work with a (literal) subscript, because you cannot create a string with a subscript, and you cannot change existing parts of a variable name to subscript.

It can be done with an index though, using the string trick as above, defining the index first as a separate variable that you then copy and paste to an index placeholder:

But you have to realise that the index Index+addon is a separate value that Prime will want to have a numerical value.

Success!
Luc

[ppal]

Eg: 

Type V

CTRL  underscore to invoke subscript.

USE ALT 197  (etc) for other subscripts

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