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# Basic Display System in Apache Zeppelin

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## Text

By default, Apache Zeppelin prints interpreter response as a plain text using `text` display system.

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_text.png" />

You can explicitly say you're using `text` display system.

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_text1.png" />

## Html

With `%html` directive, Zeppelin treats your output as HTML

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_html.png" />

### Mathematical expressions
HTML display system automatically formats mathematical expression using [MathJax](https://www.mathjax.org/). You can use
`\\( INLINE EXPRESSION \\)` and `$$ EXPRESSION $$` to format. For example

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_formula.png" />


## Table

If you have data that row separated by `\n` (newline) and column separated by `\t` (tab) with first row as header row, for example

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_table.png" />

You can simply use `%table` display system to leverage Zeppelin's built in visualization.

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_table1.png" />

If table contents start with `%html`, it is interpreted as an HTML.

<img src="../assets/themes/zeppelin/img/screenshots/display_table_html.png" />

> **Note :** Display system is backend independent.