The Effect of Selection

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Selection can play an important role in creating formulas. When an expression is selected, pressing certain keys causes them to operate on the entire selection. For example, if a + b, without parentheses, is selected and you press * (for multiplication), you get (a + b)*.

In each of the following examples, the user types /4.