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How to left align the cases in Latex?


aligning a multiline formula with the bullet of itemizePhantom and Align Environmenthow to align texts in equation casesDecrease the space between formula and text, and the formula position of align environmentWhy align environement does not work with “extract ”package?Can't generate png with Error: Erroneous nesting of equation structuresAligning labels inside cases environmentNumbering of each equation within cases with left alignment (both on the page and within the equations)Align a running list of expressions to the leftAlign the number of an enumerated list with an equation with cases













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I am using WinEdt. And trying to run the following code. However, the second item is coming in the middle. Can we align it to appear on the extreme left like the point (i)? Kindly help. Thanks a lot for the help.



beginenumerate[(i)]
item Statement 1.
item beginequation
X_r = begincases
2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
2r-3, & textotherwise.
endcases
endequation
endenumerate


I got the following ouptut after running the above tex code.



enter image description here










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  • Does this equation have to be numbered?

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:35











  • @Bernard My code gave numbered equation of which I could not screenshot properly. No, it is not necessary to be a numbered equation.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:36






  • 2





    In this case, just do as advised by @JouleV.

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:38











  • @Bernard Thank you. Yeah it is working.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:40






  • 2





    BTW, it's not cases causing the centering. It's the fact that you're in the equation environment.

    – Teepeemm
    Mar 19 at 16:41















3















I am using WinEdt. And trying to run the following code. However, the second item is coming in the middle. Can we align it to appear on the extreme left like the point (i)? Kindly help. Thanks a lot for the help.



beginenumerate[(i)]
item Statement 1.
item beginequation
X_r = begincases
2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
2r-3, & textotherwise.
endcases
endequation
endenumerate


I got the following ouptut after running the above tex code.



enter image description here










share|improve this question
























  • Does this equation have to be numbered?

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:35











  • @Bernard My code gave numbered equation of which I could not screenshot properly. No, it is not necessary to be a numbered equation.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:36






  • 2





    In this case, just do as advised by @JouleV.

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:38











  • @Bernard Thank you. Yeah it is working.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:40






  • 2





    BTW, it's not cases causing the centering. It's the fact that you're in the equation environment.

    – Teepeemm
    Mar 19 at 16:41













3












3








3








I am using WinEdt. And trying to run the following code. However, the second item is coming in the middle. Can we align it to appear on the extreme left like the point (i)? Kindly help. Thanks a lot for the help.



beginenumerate[(i)]
item Statement 1.
item beginequation
X_r = begincases
2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
2r-3, & textotherwise.
endcases
endequation
endenumerate


I got the following ouptut after running the above tex code.



enter image description here










share|improve this question
















I am using WinEdt. And trying to run the following code. However, the second item is coming in the middle. Can we align it to appear on the extreme left like the point (i)? Kindly help. Thanks a lot for the help.



beginenumerate[(i)]
item Statement 1.
item beginequation
X_r = begincases
2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
2r-3, & textotherwise.
endcases
endequation
endenumerate


I got the following ouptut after running the above tex code.



enter image description here







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  • Does this equation have to be numbered?

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:35











  • @Bernard My code gave numbered equation of which I could not screenshot properly. No, it is not necessary to be a numbered equation.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:36






  • 2





    In this case, just do as advised by @JouleV.

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:38











  • @Bernard Thank you. Yeah it is working.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:40






  • 2





    BTW, it's not cases causing the centering. It's the fact that you're in the equation environment.

    – Teepeemm
    Mar 19 at 16:41

















  • Does this equation have to be numbered?

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:35











  • @Bernard My code gave numbered equation of which I could not screenshot properly. No, it is not necessary to be a numbered equation.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:36






  • 2





    In this case, just do as advised by @JouleV.

    – Bernard
    Mar 19 at 10:38











  • @Bernard Thank you. Yeah it is working.

    – monalisa
    Mar 19 at 10:40






  • 2





    BTW, it's not cases causing the centering. It's the fact that you're in the equation environment.

    – Teepeemm
    Mar 19 at 16:41
















Does this equation have to be numbered?

– Bernard
Mar 19 at 10:35





Does this equation have to be numbered?

– Bernard
Mar 19 at 10:35













@Bernard My code gave numbered equation of which I could not screenshot properly. No, it is not necessary to be a numbered equation.

– monalisa
Mar 19 at 10:36





@Bernard My code gave numbered equation of which I could not screenshot properly. No, it is not necessary to be a numbered equation.

– monalisa
Mar 19 at 10:36




2




2





In this case, just do as advised by @JouleV.

– Bernard
Mar 19 at 10:38





In this case, just do as advised by @JouleV.

– Bernard
Mar 19 at 10:38













@Bernard Thank you. Yeah it is working.

– monalisa
Mar 19 at 10:40





@Bernard Thank you. Yeah it is working.

– monalisa
Mar 19 at 10:40




2




2





BTW, it's not cases causing the centering. It's the fact that you're in the equation environment.

– Teepeemm
Mar 19 at 16:41





BTW, it's not cases causing the centering. It's the fact that you're in the equation environment.

– Teepeemm
Mar 19 at 16:41










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Try in-line math instead. Note: this will not number your cases.



documentclassarticle
usepackageenumerate
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
beginenumerate[(i)]
item Statement 1.
item $X_r = begincases
2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
2r-3, & textotherwise.
endcases$
endenumerate
enddocument


enter image description here






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    3














    Another alternative for JouleV solution would be to use flalign from amsmath as in



    documentclassarticle
    usepackageenumerate
    usepackageamsmath
    begindocument
    beginenumerate[(i)]
    item Statement 1.
    item beginflalignX_r& = begincases
    2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
    2r-3, & textotherwise.
    endcases&endflalign
    endenumerate
    enddocument


    to get:



    enter image description here






    share|improve this answer


















    • 2





      This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

      – Peiffap
      Mar 19 at 11:23











    • @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

      – Raaja
      Mar 19 at 13:24






    • 2





      I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

      – Peiffap
      Mar 19 at 13:56






    • 2





      @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

      – Raaja
      Mar 19 at 13:57


















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    You can define generally a left align of the math mode using fleqn in your documentclass as a option.



    Afterwards you need to setlengthmathindent0pt






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      Try in-line math instead. Note: this will not number your cases.



      documentclassarticle
      usepackageenumerate
      usepackageamsmath
      begindocument
      beginenumerate[(i)]
      item Statement 1.
      item $X_r = begincases
      2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
      2r-3, & textotherwise.
      endcases$
      endenumerate
      enddocument


      enter image description here






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        8














        Try in-line math instead. Note: this will not number your cases.



        documentclassarticle
        usepackageenumerate
        usepackageamsmath
        begindocument
        beginenumerate[(i)]
        item Statement 1.
        item $X_r = begincases
        2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
        2r-3, & textotherwise.
        endcases$
        endenumerate
        enddocument


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer

























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          8







          Try in-line math instead. Note: this will not number your cases.



          documentclassarticle
          usepackageenumerate
          usepackageamsmath
          begindocument
          beginenumerate[(i)]
          item Statement 1.
          item $X_r = begincases
          2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
          2r-3, & textotherwise.
          endcases$
          endenumerate
          enddocument


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          Try in-line math instead. Note: this will not number your cases.



          documentclassarticle
          usepackageenumerate
          usepackageamsmath
          begindocument
          beginenumerate[(i)]
          item Statement 1.
          item $X_r = begincases
          2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
          2r-3, & textotherwise.
          endcases$
          endenumerate
          enddocument


          enter image description here







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              3














              Another alternative for JouleV solution would be to use flalign from amsmath as in



              documentclassarticle
              usepackageenumerate
              usepackageamsmath
              begindocument
              beginenumerate[(i)]
              item Statement 1.
              item beginflalignX_r& = begincases
              2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
              2r-3, & textotherwise.
              endcases&endflalign
              endenumerate
              enddocument


              to get:



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer


















              • 2





                This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 11:23











              • @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:24






              • 2





                I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 13:56






              • 2





                @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:57















              3














              Another alternative for JouleV solution would be to use flalign from amsmath as in



              documentclassarticle
              usepackageenumerate
              usepackageamsmath
              begindocument
              beginenumerate[(i)]
              item Statement 1.
              item beginflalignX_r& = begincases
              2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
              2r-3, & textotherwise.
              endcases&endflalign
              endenumerate
              enddocument


              to get:



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer


















              • 2





                This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 11:23











              • @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:24






              • 2





                I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 13:56






              • 2





                @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:57













              3












              3








              3







              Another alternative for JouleV solution would be to use flalign from amsmath as in



              documentclassarticle
              usepackageenumerate
              usepackageamsmath
              begindocument
              beginenumerate[(i)]
              item Statement 1.
              item beginflalignX_r& = begincases
              2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
              2r-3, & textotherwise.
              endcases&endflalign
              endenumerate
              enddocument


              to get:



              enter image description here






              share|improve this answer













              Another alternative for JouleV solution would be to use flalign from amsmath as in



              documentclassarticle
              usepackageenumerate
              usepackageamsmath
              begindocument
              beginenumerate[(i)]
              item Statement 1.
              item beginflalignX_r& = begincases
              2r-2, & textfor $k = 1$,\
              2r-3, & textotherwise.
              endcases&endflalign
              endenumerate
              enddocument


              to get:



              enter image description here







              share|improve this answer












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              RaajaRaaja

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              • 2





                This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 11:23











              • @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:24






              • 2





                I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 13:56






              • 2





                @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:57












              • 2





                This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 11:23











              • @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:24






              • 2





                I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

                – Peiffap
                Mar 19 at 13:56






              • 2





                @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

                – Raaja
                Mar 19 at 13:57







              2




              2





              This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

              – Peiffap
              Mar 19 at 11:23





              This leaves some very ugly vertical spacing, though.

              – Peiffap
              Mar 19 at 11:23













              @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

              – Raaja
              Mar 19 at 13:24





              @Peiffap Because this new environment will introduce vertical spacing for the sake of alignment itself.

              – Raaja
              Mar 19 at 13:24




              2




              2





              I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

              – Peiffap
              Mar 19 at 13:56





              I never said it was a problem with your code, I'm just pointing out that visually this answer is not the most pleasing, to me at least.

              – Peiffap
              Mar 19 at 13:56




              2




              2





              @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

              – Raaja
              Mar 19 at 13:57





              @Peiffap I understood that you did not tell that you had a problem with my code. However, I just wanted to give you an explanation for this occurence :)

              – Raaja
              Mar 19 at 13:57











              0














              You can define generally a left align of the math mode using fleqn in your documentclass as a option.



              Afterwards you need to setlengthmathindent0pt






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                Afterwards you need to setlengthmathindent0pt






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                  Afterwards you need to setlengthmathindent0pt






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