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Greek Letter in MATHCAD 15 Table??

regcurry
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Greek Letter in MATHCAD 15 Table??

Ctl g does not work.  It teverts to regular text.  Is this possible in any table or matrix.  The text is in quotes in the table.

Reg
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Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)

I was talking about the "Alt Gr" key ('Alternate Gray') to the right of the space key which is used to get the superscripted "3" which is a special character in the character set.

This works on my German keyboard and according to the information from the net also for US keyboards

Werner_E_0-1751320388755.png

"Alt Gr" can be replaced by Ctrl+Alt. So pressing the threes keys "Ctrl" Alt"  and "3" at the same time and then releasing them should also create the character ³.

The key may read just "Alt" instead of "Alt Gr" and depending on the keyboard you are using it could be that you are not able to create the superscript 3 via the keyboard at all.

In case you cannot create that character from your keyboard, an easy alternative is to use the text "^3" instead even though it may not look that nice.

 

But there are other ways to create the superscript 3:

 

You may copy the ³ character from character map

Werner_E_0-1751320729982.png

 

or you may create it using Alt+0179, which means keeping the Alt key (to the left of the space key) pressed while you type 0179 on the numeric keypad and then release the Alt key.

 

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Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)

 
I understand your question to mean that you want to use Greek letters in a string variable.
Unfortunately, the editing options in a string are indeed very limited. For example, you can't select individual characters to copy or delete them, and, as you noticed, the shortcut Ctrl+G doesn't work either.
You can still use Greek letters, however, by copying and pasting them into the string. You have at least three options:
1) Start the Windows program "Character Map" and copy the characters from there.

 

Werner_E_0-1751296047505.png

2) Create a math region (a variable name) in Mathcad using greek characters and copy from there

3) Create a text region in Mathcad using greek characters and copy from there

Werner_E_1-1751296267977.png

 

Thanks, butt I cannot see how to use it in a table.

Reg
Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)

You cannot copy a math regions which contains math operators like division or exponentiation. just copy the rho to a string and type the rest

Werner_E_0-1751316506826.png

 

When I paste it into a cell I get “.” and not “rho” in the cell.  I must be missing something.🥴

Reg
Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)

I first created the string "s" you see in the picture and then copied the whole string (including the quotes) to the table-

One more thing.  I don’t create s:=.  I just created text and pasted rho from the character map.  🤷‍♂️

Reg

I thought that is what I did. Are you using Mathcad 15 or Prime?
Reg
Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)

I am using MC15

 

Step by step:

1) type   r Ctrl+g   to create the rho (actually a variable name)

2) Press Shift LeftArrow to highlight the letter rho and press Ctrl+C to copy it to the clipboard

3) At a different place type s:" and press Ctrl+V to insert the letter rho

4) Continue type space (gm/cm³) to finish the string

Werner_E_0-1751318384240.png

the ³ is not typed using the exponentiation operator but is typed from the keyboard (AltGr+3)

5) Now using mouse or keyboard highlight the whole string including the quote and copy & paste is to the table cell

Sorry to be so dumb.  I got the ρ in.  Now to get the exponent is it Alt+>+3.  I’m not familiar with keystroke Gr.  Is it >?

Reg

I don’t have a Gr key.

Reg
Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)

I was talking about the "Alt Gr" key ('Alternate Gray') to the right of the space key which is used to get the superscripted "3" which is a special character in the character set.

This works on my German keyboard and according to the information from the net also for US keyboards

Werner_E_0-1751320388755.png

"Alt Gr" can be replaced by Ctrl+Alt. So pressing the threes keys "Ctrl" Alt"  and "3" at the same time and then releasing them should also create the character ³.

The key may read just "Alt" instead of "Alt Gr" and depending on the keyboard you are using it could be that you are not able to create the superscript 3 via the keyboard at all.

In case you cannot create that character from your keyboard, an easy alternative is to use the text "^3" instead even though it may not look that nice.

 

But there are other ways to create the superscript 3:

 

You may copy the ³ character from character map

Werner_E_0-1751320729982.png

 

or you may create it using Alt+0179, which means keeping the Alt key (to the left of the space key) pressed while you type 0179 on the numeric keypad and then release the Alt key.

 

👍 Thanks much.  That worked.😁

Reg
Werner_E
25-Diamond I
(To:regcurry)


@regcurry wrote:

👍 Thanks much.  That worked.😁


Glad you got what you were looking for.

In case you need higher exponents than 3 you have to get them from char map anyway

Werner_E_0-1751322291150.png

 


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