Raymond Toywrites: ... > Andrei> (tex (cadr x) (cons "\left(" l) '("\right)") lop ... > (%i48) tex(5.6e99^x); > $$left({5.6 \times 10^{+99}}right)^{x}$$ It should be "$$\left ... \right...$$", so there need to be double backslashes in the above lisp strings. Jay