# Inconsistency When Copying Mathematical Formulas from the ChatGPT Website:

**URL:** <https://forum.obsidian.md/t/inconsistency-when-copying-mathematical-formulas-from-the-chatgpt-website/94335>\
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**Created:** [January 5, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/inconsistency-when-copying-mathematical-formulas-from-the-chatgpt-website/94335 "2025-01-05T14:08:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ori233](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@Ori233](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Ori233)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/inconsistency-when-copying-mathematical-formulas-from-the-chatgpt-website/94335/1 "2025-01-05T14:08:05Z")

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Hello everyone. I’m currently facing an issue:

I want to copy mathematical formulas from the ChatGPT website. Previously, I would generally use the “copy” button below the response, and the formulas copied were usually in a format with the [] or ( ) mathematical delimiters. This initially worked well with my plugin [Math Indicator Changer](https://github.com/Ori-Replication/obsidian-math-indicator-changer). I could copy the formula into Obsidian and use my plugin to convert it with one click to display it correctly. However, recently I’ve noticed that when I paste a formula, for example, a formula that should be copied from the ChatGPT website like this:

(\lim\_{{x \to a}} (f(x) + g(x)) = \lim\_{{x \to a}} f(x) + \lim\_{{x \to a}} g(x))

When I paste it into a text editor or check it on the clipboard, it’s in this format.

But if I paste it directly into Obsidian, it turns into this:

lim⁡x→a(f(x)+g(x))=lim⁡x→af(x)+lim⁡x→ag(x)\lim\_{{x \to a}} (f(x) + g(x)) = \lim\_{{x \to a}} f(x) + \lim\_{{x \to a}} g(x)

It becomes this jumbled format. This forces me to first paste the copied content into a text editor, then copy it again before importing it into Obsidian for it to appear as I expect, whereas this wasn’t the case in earlier versions. I’ve created a new repository and confirmed that this isn’t caused by the plugin. I believe others may have encountered similar situations.

Does anyone know why this is happening?

### Things I have tried

Start a new vault

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**Author:** ![holroy](https://forum.obsidian.md/user_avatar/forum.obsidian.md/holroy/32/77699_2.png) [@holroy](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/holroy)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/inconsistency-when-copying-mathematical-formulas-from-the-chatgpt-website/94335/2 "2025-01-05T14:17:42Z")

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Have you tried the other paste variant? That is to use Shift+Cmd/Ctrl+V

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**Author:** ![Stone515](https://forum.obsidian.md/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@Stone515](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/Stone515)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/inconsistency-when-copying-mathematical-formulas-from-the-chatgpt-website/94335/3 "2025-01-09T01:37:38Z")

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This works! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.obsidian.md/uploads/default/original/3X/b/e/bec35fbd23ab28909bb6bfe62cb32eb82dd34019.png) [@system](https://forum.obsidian.md/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/inconsistency-when-copying-mathematical-formulas-from-the-chatgpt-website/94335/4 "2025-02-06T01:37:56Z")

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Closed on February 6, 2025, 1:37am UTC

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