Is there a way of getting displayFormula to print multiplication (×) symbols in an equation?

Example code:

syms a b

strEquation = "a*b";

displayFormula(strEquation)

Live editor output:

a b

Desired ouput:

a × b

I realise there may be a text based way of achieving this with the simple example above, but I'd ideally like it to work for larger, more complex formulae, whilst retaining the formatting style of displayFormula.

Answer 1

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syms a b
strEquation = "a*b";
disp(strEquation)

a*b

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use disp to print the output for formula as given

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Hello - thanks for your response. However, I'm specifically trying to get the code to print the '×' symbol as part of the equation, rather than the '*' symbol.

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I've edited the original question now...

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syms a b
strEquation = "axb";  %use the x symbol in place of *   
disp(strEquation)

axb