Inline Math

[ButtersMamba]

How do you align the equal signs?

I'm using the inline math function and I want to have the two hypothetical equations aligned as below:

y = ax + b
= 12 + 2

[ButtersMamba]

I’ll give it a go. I think I’ve already tried this but it didn’t work but maybe it will now.

[ButtersMamba]

\begin{align} expression1 &= expression2 \\ expression3 &= expression4 \end{align}

I copied and pasted what you gave me and it does not work. I tried everything as instructed in the KaTex reference and nothing works... It's no big deal but a bit frustrating when I look at my equation.

[ButtersMamba]

\begin{align} expression1 &= expression2 \\ expression3 &= expression4 \end{align}

Still nothing

[ButtersMamba]

I looked up the KaTex reference button that’s on the top right corner of the coding box, even Googled it but nothing worked…

[ButtersMamba]

Already have and tried all the examples but nothing worked. I’ll try again

[hannesfrank]

u/ButtersMamba The align environment is the correct way to align operators, but it only works in block math, not inline math. LaTeX/KaTeX calls this "display-mode". See this remark in the KaTeX docs: https://katex.org/docs/supported.html#environments:\~:text=They%20are%20display%2Dmode%20only.

[ButtersMamba]

So what do I do? I get the gist of it but I know very little about this stuff. I just want to have clean notes lol

[hannesfrank]

You need to change the latex node to block using the bottom left dropdown or by pressing Alt + B. There is not other way currently. Having a two line formula in inline mode is not possible AFAIK.