Aligning pieces of equations on the right

Question

I would like to write an environment to write linear system of equations that could be used with

\begin{linearSystem}
2x&+y&=&2\\
x&-3y&=&1
\end {linearSystem}

and should display

2x +y=2
 x-3y=1

Every piece of equation should be aligned on the right and no spacing should be added.

I have tried to use the aligned environment with

\[\left\{\begin{aligned}[c]
2x&+y&=&2\\
x&-3y&=&1
\end{aligned}\right.\]

But I get something like

2x+y  =2
 x-3y =1

which is not what I want. Is there a way to have an "aligned" environment that justifies everything on the right and that does not introduce any spacing every 2 "pieces" of equation.

Did you tried \hfill? like the below code \begin{eqnarray*} \hfill 2x+y=2\\ \hfill 3y=1 \end {eqnarray*} — Samjith, Jul 22 '19 at 13:02
@TVM Boy: I would like the environment to work without using any \hfill. Moreover, it won't remove the extra space that is added by the aligned environment. — InsideLoop, Jul 22 '19 at 13:06

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 22 '19 at 13:40

5

It is already possible with the systeme package. Why reinvent the wheel?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{systeme}

\begin{document}

 \[ \systeme{2x + y = 2, x-3y= 1} \]

\end{document}

answered Jul 22 '19 at 13:40

Bernard

271,350

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 22 '19 at 14:19

4

I'm using instead of systeme package (it was my first thought - the same thought of @Bernard ) spalign package that it works, if we use the correct syntax, the same. It is very important that the blank spaces into \spalignsys should not be removed otherwise there is no alignment of the variables.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage{spalign}

\begin{document}
\[ 
\spalignsys{2x + y = 2; x - 3y = 1}
\]
\end{document}

answered Jul 22 '19 at 14:19

Sebastiano

54,118

1

You've made me discover this package (+1). Thanks! – Bernard Jul 22 '19 at 15:25
@Bernard Aahahaha :-) also Zarko has written the similar your comment. – Sebastiano Jul 22 '19 at 15:27

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 22 '19 at 13:28

Here is an environment for linear systems. It's not exactly what you describe because, it is designed to align also the signs. It's more difficult to use (more &) but I think that the result is better.

 \documentclass{article}

 \usepackage{amsmath}
 \usepackage{xparse}


 \ExplSyntaxOn
 \makeatletter

 \cs_new_protected:Nn \__insideloop_system_cr:
   {
     \scan_stop:
     \group_align_safe_begin:
     \peek_meaning_remove:NTF * \__insideloop_system_cr_i: \__insideloop_system_cr_i:
   }
 \cs_new_protected:Nn \__insideloop_system_cr_i:
   {
     \peek_meaning:NTF [ % ]
       \__insideloop_system_cr_ii:
       { \__insideloop_system_cr_ii: [ \c_zero_dim ] }
   }
 \cs_new_protected:Npn \__insideloop_system_cr_ii: [ #1 ]
   {
     \group_align_safe_end:
     \cr
     \noalign { \skip_vertical:n { #1 } \scan_stop: }
   }
 \NewDocumentEnvironment { system } { }
   {
     \group_begin:
     \cs_set_eq:NN \\ \__insideloop_system_cr:
     \left \{ \null \,
     \vcenter
     \bgroup \spread@equation
     \ialign
       \bgroup
          \strut \hfil $##$ & $##$ \hfil && \enspace $##$ \enspace &
          \hfil $##$ & $##$ \hfil \crcr
   }
   {      \crcr
       \egroup
     \egroup
     \right.
     \group_end:
   }

 \makeatother
 \ExplSyntaxOff



 \begin{document}


 $\begin{system}
 3 & x & + & 4 & y & + & 5 & z & = & 0 \\
 & x & - & 2 & y & - & & z & = & 7 \\
 -7 & x & + & 3 & y & + & 9 & z & = & 12
 \end{system}$

 \end{document}

Aligning pieces of equations on the right

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