Adding attributes with subscript or superscript text?

[petegillard]

is there a way to add attributes in a feature class with subscript or superscript characters? It's geology 'stuff' with attributes like lsb'p'. where the 'p' is subscript. i know it can be done with labels, but am trying to add it in a feature class table.

Thanks in advance for any ideas,

Pete

[DanPatterson_Retired]

In python 3.x... it is all Unicode, but you need to know your encoding codes

"10{}".format('\u00B2')  # superscript 2

'10²'‍‍‍‍‍‍

https://docs.python.org/3/howto/unicode.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts

But don't get excited ... it works in scripts when printing, but I will let you do a test in featureclass tables.

You can try the ALT number on your numeric keypad approach to get some of them

[petegillard]

Thanks very much,

but I couldn't get it to read it as 'code'. as a text field, it just calculated it verbatim.

[DanPatterson_Retired]

yes,,, it won't appear until printed... try the ALT num pad  alt key, number sequence from your numeric key pad... ie ALT 248 is the degree sign

[petegillard]

Thank you!

Actually, turns out the <SUB> x</SUB> format worked. It hadn't occurred to me that it would label properly, though not showing up in the table that way.................(?!)

thanks!

Pete

[MichaelHuber]

I am also looking for an answer to this. <SUB> x</SUB> wont help me as it will make the whole attribute a subscript. I am looking for the attribute to retain its subscript / superscript properties. For example, I need to label points using chemical formulas that have both subscripts and superscripts... And these chemical formulas are in the attribute table of my shape/feature

[DanPatterson_Retired]

They won't stay in the table as superscripts and subscripts.  The best you can do is produce an html-like string so that it can be printed as such

[MichaelHuber]

I was afraid of that... darn. I have far too much data to do it all manually though html or unicode.

Maybe ESRI will address that in a future version? As I know Arc is widely used among scientists and I can't be the only person with this issue. 

Thanks for getting back to me Dan!!

[petegillard]

HI Michael,

Dan helped me with this awhile back, and mine did work. If i put H <SUB>u</SUB>BP<SUB>x</SUB>, in the field

it did label as "HuBPx" in the map, just looked like code in the table. ?

[MichaelHuber]

I was able to find an answer to my question if anyone else is having this issue: https://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/289694/labeling-using-chemical-formulas-with-subscripts-and-...