# Difference between revisions of "Multiline equations"

## Basic Alignment

Two modes of input

• Latex style
\startformula \startalign
v &= u + at \\
h &= ut + \frac12 gt^2 \\
\stopalign \stopformula


Note the \\ in the last line, above.

This appears as follows:

• Context Style
\startformula \startalign
\NC v \NC = u + at \NR
\NC h \NC= ut + \frac12 gt^2 \NR
\stopalign \stopformula


(The examples here will focus on the context style, having two styles can be confusing -- Aditya )

## Changing the number of columns

The above equations were aligned at =. Suppose you also want the + to align. Well, this is simple in context, simply specify the number of columns with \startalign

\startformula \startalign[n=3]
\NC v \NC = u \NC+ at \NR
\NC h \NC= ut \NC+ \frac12 gt^2 \NR
\stopalign \stopformula


## Alignment of each column

If you want more control over the formatting, and want the middle column to be center aligned, you can do that by

\startformula \startalign[n=3,align={right,middle,left}]
\NC v \NC = u \NC+ at \NR
\NC h \NC= ut \NC+ \frac12 gt^2 \NR
\stopalign \stopformula


## Cases

Context provides a \startmathcases \stopmathcases pair to make it easy get cases.

\startformula
f(x) = \startmathcases
\NC x, \NC if $0 \le x \le \frac12$ \NR
\NC 1-x ,\NC if $\frac12 \le x \le 1$ \NR
\stopmathcases
\stopformula


gives

The cases environment consists of two columns, separated by \NC. The second column is by default in text mode. Each line must end with a \NR.