Question

How can I put inline spaces in my explanations here on Socratic?

Answer 1

There are many ways to put inline spaces in my explanations here on Socratic. One is with the help of > putting at the beginning of line. As below:

How can I put inline spaces in my explanations here on Socratic

How can I put inline spaces in my explanations here on Socratic

How can I put inline spaces in my explanations here on Socratic

Other is to use hashtags
As shown below by writing "`"color (white)W"`" within hashtags
`color (white)W`
`color (white)W`
`color (white)W`
`color (white)W`
`color (white)W`
How can I put inline spaces in my explanations here on Socratic

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Answer 2

For spacing within a line - to separate or align numbers for example, you can just use quotes " " with any number of spaces.

Explanation:

For example:
Unformated numbers are too close to text:
`5grams`
Formatted with extra space:
`5" "grams`

This is good for aligning columns of numbers:
`0.35`
`1.35`
`13.5`
Formatted:
`" "0.35`
`" "1.35`
`" "13.5`

Answer 3

You can use a "\" character within AsciiMath to create a single space. And the ">" to perform an indent:

For example

hashtag 3cm hashtag becomes `3cm`

And we can introduce a space using "\"

hashtag 3 \ cm hashtag becomes `3 \ cm`

I often use this with integrals as the maths can sometimes appear a little squeezed, for example, the default formatting is

hashtag I = 1/2int_a^b y dx hashtag
`I = 1/2int_a^b y dx`

But I prefer the spacing as follows:

hashtag I = 1/2 \ int_a^b \ y \ dx hashtag
`I = 1/2 \ int_a^b \ y \ dx`

It's a subtle change :)

Answer 4

https://socratic.org/help/symbols

When I first started using Socratic (mathematics) you could use

hash " " then some maths hash

Suddenly it was decided that these spaces would be stripped off. Consequently I had ( and probably still do have ) some historic solutions where the formatting (spaces) has been 'disturbed'.

Now I use symbols that have the colour white. They can not be seen against a white background. Having said this sometimes you can get away with spaces but only if in the middle of a string.

Example 1:

hash "This is a set of spaces" hash `->"This is a set of spaces"`

Example 2:

hash 2x xx3 hash `->2x xx3`

Example 4:

hash " " 2x xx3 hash giving`larr" 9 spaces reduced to 1 in the text"`

`" " 2x xx3 larr" thats odd! I was expecting it to fail as well"`

Perhaps they allow them again in this particular structure. However the colour white is guaranteed to work

`color(blue)("Example using white spacing ")`

hash color(white)("some letters to spaces out") hash
It does not matter which letters you use. I tend to use a combination of the letter d and the full stop. The full stop is not as wide a spacing as a letter.

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`color(white)("ddddd") a color(white)("dd") b color(white)("dd") c`
`color(white)("ddddd") d color(white)("dd") e color(white)("dd") f`
`color(white)("ddddd") g color(white)("dd") h color(white)("dd") i`
`color(white)("ddddd") j color(white)("dd") k color(white)("dd") l`

If you wish to build a matrix

`color(white)(ddddd)( (a,b,c) , (d,e,f) , (g,h,i) , (j,k,l) )`