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From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: '|' in a table
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:36:14 +0100
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Dear William,

On 2007-04-11, William Henney said:

>> I need to input a LaTeX formula in a cell of a org table. The formula
>> looks like this:
>>
>>     $mad(x) = 1.4826\cdot median(|x_i-median(x)|)$
>>
>> However org will think '|' as delimiter of the table. Any solutions?
>>
>
> $mad(x) = 1.4826\cdot median(\vert x_i-median(x)\vert)$
>
> Or, better still
>
> \newcommand{\median}{\mathop{\mathrm{median}}}
> \newcommand{\mad}{\mathop{\mathrm{mad}}}
> $\mad(x) = 1.4826\cdot \median(\vert x_i-\median(x) \vert)$
>
> Cheers
>
> Will

That's wonderful answer. Thanks.

regards,
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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)