I would like Mathematica to symbolically line up partial derivative symbol with a value stored in variable. I wrote this simple code below
x = 2*z;
StringJoin["∂", x, "/∂y"]
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x = 2 z;
Well you might write
StringJoin["∂(", ToString@x, ")/∂y"]
"∂(2 z)/∂y"
which appears in an output cell as
but I think you should consider
Row[{"∂(", x, ")/∂y"}]
Row[{"∂(", 2 z, ")/∂y"}]
This appears in an output cell as
Even though its internal form is very different from the string returned by StringJoin, its output form is very similar. I like Row because it does a better job of spacing the 2 z term.
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@PatStarks. I'm glad you find my answer useful. Please consider accepting it. You can do that by clicking on the check mark that appears on the left of the answer below the down arrow. – m_goldberg Jun 03 '17 at 11:09
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ok thanks for telling me about the check mark! I did not know about that. – PatStarks Jun 06 '17 at 21:14
StringJoin["\[PartialD]", ToString@x, "/ \[PartialD]y"]– rotom407 Jun 03 '17 at 10:20