SqrtBox[x]
is a low-level box construct that represents the displayed object in notebook expressions.


SqrtBox
SqrtBox[x]
is a low-level box construct that represents the displayed object in notebook expressions.
Details and Options

- Inside \(…\) SqrtBox[x] can be input as \@x.
- In a notebook a SqrtBox can be created using
or
.
moves out from under the square root sign.
- The following options can be given:
-
BaseStyle {} the style to use MultilineFunction Automatic how to handle scripts so long that line-breaking may be necessary SurdForm False whether the radical represents a Surd expression - In StandardForm and InputForm, SqrtBox[x] is by default interpreted on input as Sqrt[x].
- In StandardForm and InputForm, SqrtBox[x] is interpreted on input as Surd[x,2] if the option SurdFormTrue is set.
- The baseline of SqrtBox[x] is taken to be the baseline of x.
- If SqrtBox[x] does not fit on a single line, it is output as x^(1/2).
- In StandardForm, explicit SqrtBox objects are output literally. You can use DisplayForm to see the display form of such objects.
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (3)
Scope (1)
See Also
Related Guides
Related Workflows
- Find the Underlying Box Structure of a Formatted Expression
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0) | Updated in 2012 (9.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), SqrtBox, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html (updated 2012).
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "SqrtBox." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2012. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). SqrtBox. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_sqrtbox, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SqrtBox}", year="2012", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_sqrtbox, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SqrtBox}, year={2012}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SqrtBox.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}