Plurimath

Using Plurimath (Ruby or Javascript)

14 May 2024

Ruby

General

Add this line to your application’s Gemfile:

gem "plurimath"

Then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it:

$ gem install plurimath

Usage

General

The Plurimath::Math.parse(string, type) method parses a math formula of a type identifying the math language type and returns a Plurimath::Math::Formula representation of the string provided as output.

The Plurimath::Math::Formula object allows generating any supported math language string from the formula object through conversion methods.

AsciiMath

From AsciiMath:

> asciimath = "sin(1)"
> formula = Plurimath::Math.parse(asciimath, :asciimath)

To AsciiMath:

> formula.to_asciimath
=> sin(1)
Note
 Plurimath’s AsciiMath provides extended support for additional symbols not included in AsciiMath but allowed in LaTeX. The full list of these symbols are listed here.

LaTeX math

From LaTeX math:

> latex = "\\sin{1}"
> formula = Plurimath::Math.parse(latex, :latex)

To LaTeX math:

> formula.to_latex
=> \\sin1

MathML

From MathML:

> mathml = <<~MATHML
              <math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'>
                <mstyle displaystyle='true'>
                  <mi>sin</mi>
                  <mn>1</mn>
                </mstyle>
              </math>
            MATHML
> formula = Plurimath::Math.parse(mathml, :mathml)

To MathML:

> formula.to_mathml
=> <math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'>
     <mstyle displaystyle='true'>
       <mi>sin</mi>
       <mn>1</mn>
     </mstyle>
   </math>

Javascript

General

Plurimath.js, the Javascript version of Plurimath is available at:

Web applications

<script type="module">
  import Plurimath from "https://www.plurimath.org/plurimath-js/dist/index.js";

  const formula = new Plurimath('ubrace(1+2+3+4)_("4 terms")', "asciimath");
  console.log(formula.toLatex());
</script>

Node.js

Install

$ npm install -S @plurimath/plurimath
import Plurimath from "@plurimath/plurimath"

const formula = new Plurimath('ubrace(1+2+3+4)_("4 terms")', "asciimath");
console.log(formula.toLatex());

CommonJS

const Plurimath = require("@plurimath/plurimath/index.cjs").default;

const formula = new Plurimath('ubrace(1+2+3+4)_("4 terms")', "asciimath");
console.log(formula.toLatex());