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Arabic numbers and math notation by countries

23 Apr 2013

Math notation in Arabic language changes from country to country.

The technical administrator of WIRIS editor can determine a personalized behaviour for your installation. You can configure the default arabic numbers that will be used and wheter to mirror math formulas or not.

The configuration for Arabic language, code ar, is to use mirrored formulas and arabic numbers (1234..)

$right to left style font-size : 20px 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$

Please check your contry to find our our decisions about

$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$

$right to left ٣ root of italic س plus ٦ end root$

$3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$

View Arabic mathematical notation by WIRIS in a larger map

Country	Example	Code	RTL Formula mirror	Arabic Numbers
Country	Example	Code	RTL Formula mirror	Arabic European $Syntax error.$	Arabic Indic $Syntax error.$
Algeria	$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar_dz
Bahrain		ar_bh
Comoros		ar_km
Dijbouti		ar_dj
Egypt	$right to left ٣ root of italic س plus ٦ end root$	ar_eg
Eritrea	$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar
Iraq		ar_iq
Jordan		ar_jo
Kuwait		ar_kw
Lebanon		ar_lb
Lybia		ar_ly
Mauritania		ar_mr
Morocco	$3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar_ma
Oman	$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar_om
Qatar	$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar_qa
Saudi Arabia	$right to left ٣ root of italic س plus ٦ end root$	ar_sa
Somalia	$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar_so
Sudan	$right to left ٣ root of italic س plus ٦ end root$	ar_sd
Syria	$right to left 3 root of italic س plus 6 end root$	ar_sy
Tunisia		ar_tn
United Arab Emirates		ar_ae
Yemen		ar_ye

Editor services

15 Jan 2013

WIRIS editor provides the following services:

Generate images of formulas with the following formats: PNG, SWF, SVG (coming soon)
Convert MathML from/to LaTeX.
Generate textual representation of a formula. Accessibility.
Convert presentation MathML from/to content MathML
Provide a simple formula calculator. Works with floating point numbers. Not to be confused with WIRIS cas.

There are mainly two interfaces to the services: