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The following line produces an output with the text "Pi" displayed instead of the symbol for pi.

All help with an alternative or correction of this would be much appreciated, thank you.

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  Try FractionBox[π, 2] // MakeExpression // ReleaseHold? However, what are you trying to achieve with these expressions? Just evaluating π/2 would achieve the same result.
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All help with an alternative or correction of this would be much appreciated, thank you.

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Why are you inputting a FractionBox? There should not be any need to do so. However, if you must do this, you should generate the boxes using MakeBoxes instead:

MakeBoxes[π/2]

FractionBox["π", "2"]

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Why are you inputting a FractionBox? There should not be any need to do so. However, if you must do this, you should generate the boxes using MakeBoxes instead:

MakeBoxes[π/2]

FractionBox["π", "2"]

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Why are you inputting a FractionBox? There should not be any need to do so. However, if you must do this, you should generate the boxes using MakeBoxes instead:

MakeBoxes[π/2]

FractionBox["π", "2"]

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Why are you inputting a FractionBox? There should not be any need to do so. However, if you must do this, you should generate the boxes using MakeBoxes instead:

MakeBoxes[π/2]

FractionBox["π", "2"]

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MakeBoxes[π/2]

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