How to modify the alignment of an equation in the report generator and/or embed it in a paragraph or table

Hello,

I'm trying to figure out how to modify the horizontal alignment of an equation using Equation() in the report generator and also embed it into a paragraph or table.

The code is similar to the following:

import mlreportgen.dom.*;

import mlreportgen.report.*

d=Report('Myreport','pdf');

open(d);

Equ=Equation();

Equ.Content='10\leq\beta\leq40';

Equ.FontSize = 12;

The problem is, the equation is always placed at the center of a line, while in my report it's required to put it inline with other texts or in a table. I already used "append" and "add" together but it didn't work.

A code that doesn't work is similar to:

tablequ=Table({Equ});

tablequ.TableEntriesVAlign=('middle');

tablequ.TableEntriesHAlign=('left');

add(d,tablequ);

close(d);

What is desplayed is : "[1x1 mlreportgen.report.Equation]"

Any help is most appreciated.

Yasser

Answer 1

[Neeha Sompalli]

Hi Yasser,

Equation() takes input as Latex text. So, in order for it to appear as a Latex text, you should use getSnapshotImage() method and wrap it around the DOM Image. Using this you could append to a paragraph or a table.

Please see the example below:

import mlreportgen.dom.*;
import mlreportgen.report.*
rpt=Report("Myreport","pdf");
Equ=Equation("10\leq\beta\leq40");
Equ.FontSize = 12; 
% get the snapshot of the equation Image
img = Image(getSnapshotImage(Equ, rpt));
p = Paragraph("This is inline equation");
append(p, img);
append(p, "some more text");
add(rpt,p);
close(rpt);
rptview(rpt);

In the above example, an equation is getting appended inline with the texts of Paragraph.

Hope this helps !

[Yasser Soltanpour]

Thank you so much Neeha! I could never think around the method you used. :)