# Subscript “-1”?How do I do \`g₁\` but with \`-1\` instead of \`1\`? My variable wants t

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Subscript “-1”?  
How do I do `g₁` but with `-1` instead of `1`? My variable wants to know!

Ref: [https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/unicode-input/](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/unicode-input/)  
Ref2: [https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/subscripts\_and\_superscripts](https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/subscripts_and_superscripts)

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The answer is to type `\_-<tab>\_1<tab>`.

This works on the REPL, but not currently in Pluto.