{"route":"/en-US-v0.13.1/reference/math/cancel/","title":"Cancel","description":"Documentation for the `cancel` function.","part":null,"outline":[{"id":"summary","name":"Summary","children":[]},{"id":"example","name":"Example","children":[]},{"id":"parameters","name":"Parameters","children":[{"id":"parameters-body","name":"body","children":[]},{"id":"parameters-length","name":"length","children":[]},{"id":"parameters-inverted","name":"inverted","children":[]},{"id":"parameters-cross","name":"cross","children":[]},{"id":"parameters-angle","name":"angle","children":[]},{"id":"parameters-stroke","name":"stroke","children":[]}]}],"body":{"kind":"func","content":{"path":["math"],"name":"cancel","title":"Cancel","keywords":[],"oneliner":"Displays a diagonal line over a part of an equation.","element":true,"contextual":false,"deprecation":null,"details":"

Displays a diagonal line over a part of an equation.

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This is commonly used to show the elimination of a term.

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Example

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Here, we can simplify:\n$ (a dot b dot cancel(x)) /\n    cancel(x) $\n
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The content over which the line should be placed.

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The length of the line, relative to the length of the diagonal spanning\nthe whole element being "cancelled". A value of 100% would then have\nthe line span precisely the element's diagonal.

","example":"
$ a + cancel(x, length: #200%)\n    - cancel(x, length: #200%) $\n
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","types":["relative"],"strings":[],"default":"100% + 3pt","positional":false,"named":true,"required":false,"variadic":false,"settable":true},{"name":"inverted","details":"

Whether the cancel line should be inverted (flipped along the y-axis).\nFor the default angle setting, inverted means the cancel line\npoints to the top left instead of top right.

","example":"
$ (a cancel((b + c), inverted: #true)) /\n    cancel(b + c, inverted: #true) $\n
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","types":["bool"],"strings":[],"default":"false","positional":false,"named":true,"required":false,"variadic":false,"settable":true},{"name":"cross","details":"

Whether two opposing cancel lines should be drawn, forming a cross over\nthe element. Overrides inverted.

","example":"
$ cancel(Pi, cross: #true) $\n
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","types":["bool"],"strings":[],"default":"false","positional":false,"named":true,"required":false,"variadic":false,"settable":true},{"name":"angle","details":"

How much to rotate the cancel line.

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$ cancel(Pi)\n  cancel(Pi, angle: #0deg)\n  cancel(Pi, angle: #45deg)\n  cancel(Pi, angle: #90deg)\n  cancel(1/(1+x), angle: #(a => a + 45deg))\n  cancel(1/(1+x), angle: #(a => a + 90deg)) $\n
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","types":["auto","angle","function"],"strings":[],"default":"auto","positional":false,"named":true,"required":false,"variadic":false,"settable":true},{"name":"stroke","details":"

How to stroke the cancel line.

","example":"
$ cancel(\n  sum x,\n  stroke: #(\n    paint: red,\n    thickness: 1.5pt,\n    dash: "dashed",\n  ),\n) $\n
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