Pretty printing with mathjax

File: pretty_printing_with_mathjax.html (click for a live demo)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>math.js | pretty printing with MathJax</title>

  <script src="https://unpkg.com/mathjs@14.0.1/lib/browser/math.js"></script>
  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mathjax@3/es5/tex-svg.js"></script>

  <style>
    body,
    html,
    table td,
    table th,
    input[type=text] {
      font-size: 11pt;
      font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif;
    }

    h1 {
      font-size: 11pt;
    }

    input[type=text] {
      padding: 5px;
      width: 400px;
    }

    table {
      border-collapse: collapse;
    }

    table td,
    table th {
      padding: 5px;
      border: 1px solid lightgray;
    }

    table th {
      background-color: lightgray;
    }

  </style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>
  Expression evaluation with math.js, pretty printing with MathJax
</h1>

<table>
  <tr>
    <th>Expression</th>
    <td><input type="text" id="expr"/></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>Pretty print</th>
    <td><div id="pretty"></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <th>Result</th>
    <td><div id="result"></div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<b>Parenthesis option:</b>
<input type="radio" name="parenthesis" value="keep" onclick="parenthesis = 'keep'; expr.oninput();" checked>keep
<input type="radio" name="parenthesis" value="auto" onclick="parenthesis = 'auto'; expr.oninput();">auto
<input type="radio" name="parenthesis" value="all" onclick="parenthesis = 'all'; expr.oninput();">all
<br/>
<b>Implicit multiplication:</b>
<input type="radio" name="implicit" value="hide" onclick="implicit = 'hide'; expr.oninput();" checked>hide
<input type="radio" name="implicit" value="show" onclick="implicit = 'show'; expr.oninput();">show


<script>
  const expr = document.getElementById('expr')
  const pretty = document.getElementById('pretty')
  const result = document.getElementById('result')
  let parenthesis = 'keep'
  let implicit = 'hide'

  const mj = function (tex) {
    return MathJax.tex2svg(tex, {em: 16, ex: 6, display: false});
  }

  // initialize with an example expression
  expr.value = 'sqrt(75 / 3) + det([[-1, 2], [3, 1]]) - sin(pi / 4)^2'
  pretty.innerHTML = '';
  pretty.appendChild(mj(math.parse(expr.value).toTex({parenthesis: parenthesis})));
  result.innerHTML = math.format(math.evaluate(expr.value))

  expr.oninput = function () {
    let node = null

    try {
      // parse the expression
      node = math.parse(expr.value)

      // evaluate the result of the expression
      result.innerHTML = math.format(node.compile().evaluate())
    }
    catch (err) {
      result.innerHTML = '<span style="color: red;">' + err.toString() + '</span>'
    }

    try {
      // export the expression to LaTeX
      const latex = node ? node.toTex({parenthesis: parenthesis, implicit: implicit}) : ''
      console.log('LaTeX expression:', latex)

      // display and re-render the expression
      MathJax.typesetClear();
      pretty.innerHTML = '';
      pretty.appendChild(mj(latex));
    }
    catch (err) {}
  }
</script>

</body>
</html>

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