Inline python inside latex equation

[rputikar]

Description

Is it possible to write inline python inside latex equation?

I have (ignore the \)

\```{python}
a = 1.02
b = 3.05
\```

when I write

$a = `{python} f'{a:.2f}'`$

I get 102 instead of 1.02

writing

$a =$ `{python} f'{a:.2f}'`

prints 1.02 correctly

$$
\frac{a^2}{b} = \frac{({`{python} f'{a:.2f}'`})^2}{(`{python} f'{b:.2f}'`)}
$$

yields

[cscheid]

That will not work. Instead, write a Python cell that emits Math code:

---
title: test
---

```{python}
from IPython.display import Math

Math("e=mc^2")
```

That will work for simple cases. For more complicated cases (if you need to use Quarto's crossref system, etc), you will need to use output: asis in the code cell metadata, and then your output will have to mimic precisely what you would write if you were doing it "by hand" (so, use $$ or $ as appropriate, as well as Quarto's crossref syntax)

[mcanouil]

@rputikar Could you properly format your post using code blocks for code and terminal outputs? Thanks.
If your code contains code blocks, you need to enclose it using more backticks, i.e., usually four ````.
See https://quarto.org/bug-reports.html#formatting-make-githubs-markdown-work-for-us.

[rputikar]

---
title: "Inline python inside latex equation"
format: html
engine: jupyter
---

```{python}
a = 1.02
b = 3.05
```
$a = `{python} f'{a:.2f}'`$

$a =$ `{python} f'{a:.2f}'`

$$
\frac{a^2}{b} = \frac{({`{python} f'{a:.2f}'`})^2}{(`{python} f'{b:.2f}'`)}
$$

[mcanouil]

You can edit your post, no need to make a new message to reformat.

[cderv]

I think this could work if you correctly output Markdown content to avoid the escaping. Currently it is not working because the . is escaped to \.

When trying your example above I get

Inline code output is considered a text to write in Markdown, so anything related to markdown syntax is escaped (like *). See https://quarto.org/docs/computations/inline-code.html#markdown-output

---
title: "Inline python inside latex equation"
format: html
engine: jupyter
keep-md: true
---

```{python}
from IPython.display import Markdown
```

```{python}
a = 1.02
b = 3.05
```

$a = `{python} Markdown(f'{a:.2f}')`$

$$
\frac{a^2}{b} = \frac{({`{python} Markdown(f'{a:.2f}')`})^2}{(`{python} Markdown(f'{b:.2f}')`)}
$$