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DisplayForm

  • DisplayForm[ expr ] prints with boxes inside expr shown in explicit two-dimensional or other form.
  • In ordinary StandardForm output, boxes such as SubscriptBox are shown literally. In DisplayForm they are shown as explicit two-dimensional constructs.
  • Example: DisplayForm[SubscriptBox["x", "y"]].
  • DisplayForm acts as a "wrapper", which affects printing, but not evaluation.
  • See the Mathematica book: Section 2.8.10.
  • See also: FullForm, ToExpression, ToBoxes.


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