Wait... What? (Multiple Choice Glitch)

I just experimented with a multiple choice question and saw that LaTeX was now supported in answer choices, but contrary to what the preview showed me, \text apparently doesn't work, and it looks weird. Is this a glitch?

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Easy Math Editor

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Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `$` ... `$` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

Are you using "\ (" and "\ )"? It seems to work for me!

minimario minimario - 7 years, 4 months ago

I have \ [ and \ ]

I'll send the link to my friend and have him take a screenshot for me. Give me a couple minutes.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 4 months ago

This This

Trevor B. - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Trevor B. – As a test, see here: https://brilliant.org/community-problem/which-digit-appears-the-most/

Edit: doesn't work anymore

minimario minimario - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Minimario Minimario – Not rendering. It's showing me $\textit{extnumber}$

Trevor B. - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Trevor B. – Yea; it worked at the beginning, but then stopped working.

minimario minimario - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Minimario Minimario – This is weird. Just to confirm, to embed a picture, it's an exclamation mark, then some random text in [ ], then the link in ( ).

If so, then that's not rendering for me either.

Trevor B. - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Trevor B. – The reason your image isn't showing up is because you linked to "http://s1149.photobucket.com/user/mrsiriustab/media/Screenshot2014-01-16at105816PMzps6ece3728.png.html" rather than this link "http://i1149.photobucket.com/albums/o590/mrsiriustab/Screenshot2014-01-16at105816PMzps6ece3728.png" (which is the direct link to the image itself.

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Silas Hundt – Oh, right, I forgot about the direct copy link. (My bad, not a glitch)

Trevor B. - 7 years, 4 months ago

@Minimario Minimario – I fixed your problem as well, Minimario.

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

Hmm, something funky is going on here. I'll look into it more.

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

So, Trevor, I changed your answers. It looks like \text makes the LaTeX rendering fail when used in MCQ answers—we'll make a more comprehensive fix for that soon. For now, just using { } to declare \text seems to work just fine!

Silas Hundt Staff - 7 years, 4 months ago

Ok, thanks a lot. Please also check Minimario's problem.

EDIT: Thanks for being comprehensive and fixing them both!

Trevor B. - 7 years, 4 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$