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<span id="g_t_0040sub-and-_0040sup_003a-Inserting-Subscripts-and-Superscripts"></span><h3 class="section">12.6 <code>@sub</code> and <code>@sup</code>: Inserting Subscripts and Superscripts</h3>
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<p>You can insert subscripts and superscripts, in either text or math,
with the <code>@sub</code> and <code>@sup</code> commands. (For other
mathematical expressions, see the next section.) For example, here is
a purely textual subscript and superscript:
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<pre class="example">here@sub{below}@sup{above}
</pre></div>
<p>produces:
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<pre class="display">here<sub>below</sub><sup>above</sup>
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<p>Inside <code>@math</code>, <code>@sub</code> and <code>@sup</code> produce
mathematical subscripts and superscripts. This uses a different font
in the TeX output (math italic instead of text italic); it makes no
difference in the other output formats. Here’s an example:
</p>
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<pre class="example">@math{e@sup{x}}
</pre></div>
<p>produces:
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<pre class="display"><em>e<sup>x</sup></em>
</pre></div>
<p>In Info and plain text, regardless of being used inside <code>@math</code>,
<code>@sub{<var>text</var>}</code> is output as ‘<samp>_{<var>text</var>}</samp>’ and
<code>@sup{<var>text</var>}</code> as ‘<samp>^{<var>text</var>}</samp>’, including the
literal braces (to mark the beginning and end of the “script” text
to the reader).
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<p>When the output format (and display program) permit (TeX math,
HTML), the superscript is set above the subscript when both commands
are given consecutively.
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