7.44.1 Top new questions this week

7.44.1.1 What is the difference between float specifier [h] and no specifier []?

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Not sure why but in my long document \begin{algorithm}[h]  leads to the algorithm and all subsequent algorithms to being placed at the very end  but \begin{algorithm}[]  leads to the algorithm being ... 
[floats] [algorithm2e]
 

asked by Hao S https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=63578 7 votes

answered by David Carlisle https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=1090 11 votes

7.44.1.2 Base64 encoding in LaTeX?

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How can we encode some text/string using Base64 encoding in LaTeX? or any alternative solution? 
For example, the Base64 encoding of string Latex is bGF0ZXg=. 
Here's a representation of what I want to ... 
[programming] [strings] [text-manipulation]
 

asked by ZEESHAN https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=155736 7 votes

answered by Henri Menke https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=10995 12 votes

7.44.1.3 Tikz: even odd rule with intersecting shapes

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I do not know how to use the even odd rule to fill intersecting shapes. This is the desired outcome: 
And this is my code. I'd appreciate an explanation of how to apply the even odd rule, when to use ... 
[tikz-pgf]
 

asked by PatrickT https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13102 6 votes

answered by SebGlav https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=204164 10 votes

7.44.1.4 Punctuation character following a '\left(...\right)^3' group?

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I'm attempting to reproduce an existing display math. 
\begin{equation*}P=50,210,000\left(\frac{t}{D}\right)^3\!,\end{equation*} 
This produces: 
I would like to shove the trailing comma back under ... 
[math-mode] [punctuation]
 

asked by Jeff Higgins https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=246546 6 votes

answered by Mico https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5001 7 votes

7.44.1.5 Simplify \SplitArgument construction?

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I want to exploit the interval package to obtain "French" notation for intervals, that is, with an open interval appearing as "]0, 1[", etc. But the package's \interval command is ... 
[xparse] [arguments]
 

asked by murray https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13492 6 votes

answered by Phelype Oleinik https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=134574 6 votes

7.44.1.6 Math or text symbols of Bagua

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Is it possible to make math or text symbols of these forms: 
Are there already available in LaTex? 
These are from Bagua for your reference: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagua 
Thank you in advance! 
[tikz-pgf] [math-mode] [symbols] [tikz-styles] [text]
 

asked by wonderich https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=41144 5 votes

answered by Steven B. Segletes https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=25858 7 votes

7.44.1.7 How to remove weird errors occurring while using tikz package?

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I used the tikz package to make two flowcharts in an article. I was using Overleaf online Latex editor. The flowcharts were done without any problem. However, two errors are appearing after ... 
[tikz-pgf] [errors] [pdftex] [document-classes]
 

asked by Wave_Rider03 https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=188943 4 votes