Right aligned first column in a cases environment

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Is there a simple way to obtain a right aligned first column in the cases environment. As far as I can see, mathtools does not add such an option.

(This question might be read as a request for enhancement on mathtools... :) )

score 16 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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The mathtools package actually provides this extension as a feature already! Cases can be created using the following syntax:

\newcases{<case name>}{<space>}{%
  <left col align>}{<right col align>}{<left delim>}{<right delim>}

The regular dcases case is defined in the following way:

\newcases{dcases}{\quad}{%
  $\m@th\displaystyle{##}$\hfil}{$\m@th\displaystyle{##}$\hfil}{\lbrace}{.}

Consequently, you would probably be interested in:

\makeatletter
\newcases{mycases}{\quad}{%
  \hfil$\m@th\displaystyle{##}$}{$\m@th\displaystyle{##}$\hfil}{\lbrace}{.}
\makeatother

Modified cases

edited Jun 10 '20 at 12:32

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answered Sep 05 '11 at 06:17

Werner

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Ah! This is not in the docs... – Mariano Suárez-Álvarez Sep 05 '11 at 06:20
Remember to add \makeatletter before and \makeatother after using this. I've updated my answer to include this. – Werner Sep 05 '11 at 06:23
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Since it require some knowledge to use, it is only used internally. Suggest a good name for it, and I might add it – daleif Sep 05 '11 at 08:41
@daleif: so did you add it? – adn Dec 30 '11 at 09:20

Right aligned first column in a cases environment

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