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I would like to write a formula (see the picture), how can i fix the arrows?



enter image description here



This is my code:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}[12pt] 
usepackage[italian]{babel}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage{anysize}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}
usepackage{mathrsfs}
usepackage{textcomp}
linespread{1.5}

frenchspacing

newcommand{abs}[1]{lvert#1rvert}

usepackage{floatflt,epsfig}

usepackage{multicol}




usepackage[a4paper,top=1.0cm,bottom=1.0cm,left=1.0cm,right=1.0cm]{geometry}


begin{document}


$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} = rightarrow $

$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $

$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $




end{document}









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I would like to write a formula (see the picture), how can i fix the arrows?



enter image description here



This is my code:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}[12pt] 
usepackage[italian]{babel}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage{anysize}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}
usepackage{mathrsfs}
usepackage{textcomp}
linespread{1.5}

frenchspacing

newcommand{abs}[1]{lvert#1rvert}

usepackage{floatflt,epsfig}

usepackage{multicol}




usepackage[a4paper,top=1.0cm,bottom=1.0cm,left=1.0cm,right=1.0cm]{geometry}


begin{document}


$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} = rightarrow $

$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $

$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $




end{document}









share|improve this question




















  • 1





    Can I ask a favour please? Thank you to have accepted (check) my answer, but for my opinion is not the best. Good year.

    – Sebastiano
    Jan 2 at 23:40














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I would like to write a formula (see the picture), how can i fix the arrows?



enter image description here



This is my code:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}[12pt] 
usepackage[italian]{babel}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage{anysize}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}
usepackage{mathrsfs}
usepackage{textcomp}
linespread{1.5}

frenchspacing

newcommand{abs}[1]{lvert#1rvert}

usepackage{floatflt,epsfig}

usepackage{multicol}




usepackage[a4paper,top=1.0cm,bottom=1.0cm,left=1.0cm,right=1.0cm]{geometry}


begin{document}


$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} = rightarrow $

$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $

$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $




end{document}









share|improve this question
















I would like to write a formula (see the picture), how can i fix the arrows?



enter image description here



This is my code:



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}[12pt] 
usepackage[italian]{babel}
usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
usepackage{anysize}
usepackage{graphicx}
usepackage{amsmath}
usepackage{amssymb}
usepackage{mathrsfs}
usepackage{textcomp}
linespread{1.5}

frenchspacing

newcommand{abs}[1]{lvert#1rvert}

usepackage{floatflt,epsfig}

usepackage{multicol}




usepackage[a4paper,top=1.0cm,bottom=1.0cm,left=1.0cm,right=1.0cm]{geometry}


begin{document}


$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} = rightarrow $

$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $

$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $




end{document}






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    Can I ask a favour please? Thank you to have accepted (check) my answer, but for my opinion is not the best. Good year.

    – Sebastiano
    Jan 2 at 23:40














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    Can I ask a favour please? Thank you to have accepted (check) my answer, but for my opinion is not the best. Good year.

    – Sebastiano
    Jan 2 at 23:40








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Can I ask a favour please? Thank you to have accepted (check) my answer, but for my opinion is not the best. Good year.

– Sebastiano
Jan 2 at 23:40





Can I ask a favour please? Thank you to have accepted (check) my answer, but for my opinion is not the best. Good year.

– Sebastiano
Jan 2 at 23:40










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Another simple possibility using tikz-cd.



enter image description here



documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
usepackage{tikz-cd}
usepackage{amsmath}

begin{document}
begin{tikzcd}[cells={nodes={minimum height=-2cm,minimum width=1cm}},column sep=3em,row sep=-7pt]
& dfrac{a+b}{c} \
dfrac{a pm b}{c} = arrow[ru] arrow[rd] & \
& dfrac{a-b}{c}
end{tikzcd}
end{document}





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    Here is an adapted version from Claudio Fiandrino's answer to Joining parts of equations with lines or arrows using tikz.



    enter image description here



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{tikz}
    usepackage{amsmath}

    begin{document}

    begin{tikzpicture}[grow=right,
    sibling distance=50pt,
    level distance=2cm,
    edge from parent path={(tikzparentnode.east) -- (tikzchildnode.west)},
    edge from parent/.style={draw,-latex}]
    node {$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =$}
    child {node {$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $}}
    child {node {$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $}}
    ;
    end{tikzpicture}
    end{document}





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    • @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

      – leandriis
      Jan 2 at 15:45



















    9














    Without using a hammersledge to crack a nut, you already have the necessary packages for the below code.



    Unrelated: epsfigure and anysize are obsolete. The functionalities of the former are achieved with graphicx and the latter can be replaced with geometry (which you use, anyway).



    documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
    usepackage[italian]{babel}
    usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    usepackage[a4paper, margin=1.0cm]{geometry}
    usepackage{graphicx}
    usepackage{amsmath}
    usepackage{amssymb}
    usepackage{multicol}
    linespread{1.5}
    frenchspacing

    usepackage{old-arrows}

    begin{document}


    [ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =
    begin{matrix}
    nearrow \[-1.5ex] searrow
    end{matrix}
    :
    begin{matrix}
    dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
    dfrac{a-b}{c}
    end{matrix} ]

    end{document}


    enter image description here



    If you want to have the arrows figure centred on the math axis, and control the gap between the arrows, you can replace the matrix environment for the arrows with Vectorstack from the stackengine package (load it with option [usestackEOL]). Here are two examples, with a different gap:



    [Lstackgap = 10ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
    Vectorstack{%
    nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
    searrow }
    :
    begin{matrix}
    dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
    dfrac{a-b}{c}
    end{matrix} ]

    [Lstackgap = 18ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
    Vectorstack{%
    nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
    searrow }
    :
    begin{matrix}
    dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
    dfrac{a-b}{c}
    end{matrix} ]


    enter image description here






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    • Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

      – AJFarmar
      Jan 2 at 18:54











    • Do you mean vertically uncentred?

      – Bernard
      Jan 2 at 18:57






    • 1





      @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

      – Bernard
      Jan 2 at 21:55






    • 1





      You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

      – Bernard
      Jan 2 at 21:58






    • 1





      @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

      – Bernard
      Jan 2 at 23:35











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    Another simple possibility using tikz-cd.



    enter image description here



    documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
    usepackage{tikz-cd}
    usepackage{amsmath}

    begin{document}
    begin{tikzcd}[cells={nodes={minimum height=-2cm,minimum width=1cm}},column sep=3em,row sep=-7pt]
    & dfrac{a+b}{c} \
    dfrac{a pm b}{c} = arrow[ru] arrow[rd] & \
    & dfrac{a-b}{c}
    end{tikzcd}
    end{document}





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      Another simple possibility using tikz-cd.



      enter image description here



      documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
      usepackage{tikz-cd}
      usepackage{amsmath}

      begin{document}
      begin{tikzcd}[cells={nodes={minimum height=-2cm,minimum width=1cm}},column sep=3em,row sep=-7pt]
      & dfrac{a+b}{c} \
      dfrac{a pm b}{c} = arrow[ru] arrow[rd] & \
      & dfrac{a-b}{c}
      end{tikzcd}
      end{document}





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        Another simple possibility using tikz-cd.



        enter image description here



        documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
        usepackage{tikz-cd}
        usepackage{amsmath}

        begin{document}
        begin{tikzcd}[cells={nodes={minimum height=-2cm,minimum width=1cm}},column sep=3em,row sep=-7pt]
        & dfrac{a+b}{c} \
        dfrac{a pm b}{c} = arrow[ru] arrow[rd] & \
        & dfrac{a-b}{c}
        end{tikzcd}
        end{document}





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        Another simple possibility using tikz-cd.



        enter image description here



        documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
        usepackage{tikz-cd}
        usepackage{amsmath}

        begin{document}
        begin{tikzcd}[cells={nodes={minimum height=-2cm,minimum width=1cm}},column sep=3em,row sep=-7pt]
        & dfrac{a+b}{c} \
        dfrac{a pm b}{c} = arrow[ru] arrow[rd] & \
        & dfrac{a-b}{c}
        end{tikzcd}
        end{document}






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            Here is an adapted version from Claudio Fiandrino's answer to Joining parts of equations with lines or arrows using tikz.



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            usepackage{tikz}
            usepackage{amsmath}

            begin{document}

            begin{tikzpicture}[grow=right,
            sibling distance=50pt,
            level distance=2cm,
            edge from parent path={(tikzparentnode.east) -- (tikzchildnode.west)},
            edge from parent/.style={draw,-latex}]
            node {$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =$}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $}}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $}}
            ;
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}





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            • @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

              – leandriis
              Jan 2 at 15:45
















            10














            Here is an adapted version from Claudio Fiandrino's answer to Joining parts of equations with lines or arrows using tikz.



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            usepackage{tikz}
            usepackage{amsmath}

            begin{document}

            begin{tikzpicture}[grow=right,
            sibling distance=50pt,
            level distance=2cm,
            edge from parent path={(tikzparentnode.east) -- (tikzchildnode.west)},
            edge from parent/.style={draw,-latex}]
            node {$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =$}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $}}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $}}
            ;
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}





            share|improve this answer
























            • @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

              – leandriis
              Jan 2 at 15:45














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            10








            10







            Here is an adapted version from Claudio Fiandrino's answer to Joining parts of equations with lines or arrows using tikz.



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            usepackage{tikz}
            usepackage{amsmath}

            begin{document}

            begin{tikzpicture}[grow=right,
            sibling distance=50pt,
            level distance=2cm,
            edge from parent path={(tikzparentnode.east) -- (tikzchildnode.west)},
            edge from parent/.style={draw,-latex}]
            node {$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =$}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $}}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $}}
            ;
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}





            share|improve this answer













            Here is an adapted version from Claudio Fiandrino's answer to Joining parts of equations with lines or arrows using tikz.



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            usepackage{tikz}
            usepackage{amsmath}

            begin{document}

            begin{tikzpicture}[grow=right,
            sibling distance=50pt,
            level distance=2cm,
            edge from parent path={(tikzparentnode.east) -- (tikzchildnode.west)},
            edge from parent/.style={draw,-latex}]
            node {$ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =$}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a-b}{c} $}}
            child {node {$ dfrac{a+b}{c} $}}
            ;
            end{tikzpicture}
            end{document}






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            • @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

              – leandriis
              Jan 2 at 15:45



















            • @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

              – leandriis
              Jan 2 at 15:45

















            @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

            – leandriis
            Jan 2 at 15:45





            @ryuk: From the message you quoted, I guess that you copied my code into an existing document that was previously compiled and had used usepackage[italian]{babel}. To get rid of the error, either recompile or add the above mentioned package back to your preamble.

            – leandriis
            Jan 2 at 15:45











            9














            Without using a hammersledge to crack a nut, you already have the necessary packages for the below code.



            Unrelated: epsfigure and anysize are obsolete. The functionalities of the former are achieved with graphicx and the latter can be replaced with geometry (which you use, anyway).



            documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
            usepackage[italian]{babel}
            usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
            usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
            usepackage[a4paper, margin=1.0cm]{geometry}
            usepackage{graphicx}
            usepackage{amsmath}
            usepackage{amssymb}
            usepackage{multicol}
            linespread{1.5}
            frenchspacing

            usepackage{old-arrows}

            begin{document}


            [ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =
            begin{matrix}
            nearrow \[-1.5ex] searrow
            end{matrix}
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            end{document}


            enter image description here



            If you want to have the arrows figure centred on the math axis, and control the gap between the arrows, you can replace the matrix environment for the arrows with Vectorstack from the stackengine package (load it with option [usestackEOL]). Here are two examples, with a different gap:



            [Lstackgap = 10ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            [Lstackgap = 18ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer


























            • Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

              – AJFarmar
              Jan 2 at 18:54











            • Do you mean vertically uncentred?

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 18:57






            • 1





              @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:55






            • 1





              You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:58






            • 1





              @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 23:35
















            9














            Without using a hammersledge to crack a nut, you already have the necessary packages for the below code.



            Unrelated: epsfigure and anysize are obsolete. The functionalities of the former are achieved with graphicx and the latter can be replaced with geometry (which you use, anyway).



            documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
            usepackage[italian]{babel}
            usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
            usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
            usepackage[a4paper, margin=1.0cm]{geometry}
            usepackage{graphicx}
            usepackage{amsmath}
            usepackage{amssymb}
            usepackage{multicol}
            linespread{1.5}
            frenchspacing

            usepackage{old-arrows}

            begin{document}


            [ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =
            begin{matrix}
            nearrow \[-1.5ex] searrow
            end{matrix}
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            end{document}


            enter image description here



            If you want to have the arrows figure centred on the math axis, and control the gap between the arrows, you can replace the matrix environment for the arrows with Vectorstack from the stackengine package (load it with option [usestackEOL]). Here are two examples, with a different gap:



            [Lstackgap = 10ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            [Lstackgap = 18ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer


























            • Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

              – AJFarmar
              Jan 2 at 18:54











            • Do you mean vertically uncentred?

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 18:57






            • 1





              @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:55






            • 1





              You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:58






            • 1





              @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 23:35














            9












            9








            9







            Without using a hammersledge to crack a nut, you already have the necessary packages for the below code.



            Unrelated: epsfigure and anysize are obsolete. The functionalities of the former are achieved with graphicx and the latter can be replaced with geometry (which you use, anyway).



            documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
            usepackage[italian]{babel}
            usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
            usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
            usepackage[a4paper, margin=1.0cm]{geometry}
            usepackage{graphicx}
            usepackage{amsmath}
            usepackage{amssymb}
            usepackage{multicol}
            linespread{1.5}
            frenchspacing

            usepackage{old-arrows}

            begin{document}


            [ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =
            begin{matrix}
            nearrow \[-1.5ex] searrow
            end{matrix}
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            end{document}


            enter image description here



            If you want to have the arrows figure centred on the math axis, and control the gap between the arrows, you can replace the matrix environment for the arrows with Vectorstack from the stackengine package (load it with option [usestackEOL]). Here are two examples, with a different gap:



            [Lstackgap = 10ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            [Lstackgap = 18ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]


            enter image description here






            share|improve this answer















            Without using a hammersledge to crack a nut, you already have the necessary packages for the below code.



            Unrelated: epsfigure and anysize are obsolete. The functionalities of the former are achieved with graphicx and the latter can be replaced with geometry (which you use, anyway).



            documentclass[a4paper, 12pt]{article}
            usepackage[italian]{babel}
            usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
            usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
            usepackage[a4paper, margin=1.0cm]{geometry}
            usepackage{graphicx}
            usepackage{amsmath}
            usepackage{amssymb}
            usepackage{multicol}
            linespread{1.5}
            frenchspacing

            usepackage{old-arrows}

            begin{document}


            [ dfrac{a pm b}{c} =
            begin{matrix}
            nearrow \[-1.5ex] searrow
            end{matrix}
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            end{document}


            enter image description here



            If you want to have the arrows figure centred on the math axis, and control the gap between the arrows, you can replace the matrix environment for the arrows with Vectorstack from the stackengine package (load it with option [usestackEOL]). Here are two examples, with a different gap:



            [Lstackgap = 10ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]

            [Lstackgap = 18ptdfrac{a ± b}{c} =
            Vectorstack{%
            nearrow \%[-1.5ex]
            searrow }
            :
            begin{matrix}
            dfrac{a+b}{c} \[3ex]
            dfrac{a-b}{c}
            end{matrix} ]


            enter image description here







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            • Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

              – AJFarmar
              Jan 2 at 18:54











            • Do you mean vertically uncentred?

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 18:57






            • 1





              @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:55






            • 1





              You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:58






            • 1





              @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 23:35



















            • Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

              – AJFarmar
              Jan 2 at 18:54











            • Do you mean vertically uncentred?

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 18:57






            • 1





              @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:55






            • 1





              You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 21:58






            • 1





              @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

              – Bernard
              Jan 2 at 23:35

















            Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

            – AJFarmar
            Jan 2 at 18:54





            Those arrows look uncentered in relation to the equals sign. Would there be any way of fixing that?

            – AJFarmar
            Jan 2 at 18:54













            Do you mean vertically uncentred?

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 18:57





            Do you mean vertically uncentred?

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 18:57




            1




            1





            @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 21:55





            @AJFarmar: I've posted a variant code, which uses stackengine and is more versatile. Please see if it's OK for you.

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 21:55




            1




            1





            You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 21:58





            You're welcome. We're here to help, as much as we can.

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 21:58




            1




            1





            @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 23:35





            @Sebastiano: I wish you a very happy new year too. As often, I forgot to check if all the code was in the right position. Thank you for pointing it!

            – Bernard
            Jan 2 at 23:35


















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