in the above example vs In the example above

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Last updated: August 31, 2024

in the above example

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to an example that has been mentioned or shown earlier in a text or conversation.

Examples:

In the above example, we can see how the algorithm works.
As mentioned in the above example, the results were inconclusive.

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The same sequence of transactions is used in this example as in the above example illustrating an earmarking system.
Archive Manager always performs a secondary sort based on the file name. In the above example, Archive Manager sorts by name any files that have the same modification date.
When the exchange of services is on a limited scale, nothing is indicated in the farm return (in the above example, the aid received is not shown under labour; machinery costs, however, include the costs of making the equipment available).
When the exchange of services is on a limited scale, nothing is indicated in the farm return (in the above example, the aid received is not shown under labour;
The size designation, comprising the nominal section width, the nominal aspect ratio, the type-of-structure symbol (where applicable) and the nominal rim diameter shall be grouped as shown in the above example: 100/80 Bl8;
The size designation, comprising the nominal section width, the nominal aspect ratio, the type-of-structure symbol (where applicable) and the nominal rim diameter, shall be grouped as shown in the above example, that is: 295/80 R 22,5;
the size designation, comprising the nominal section width, the nominal aspect ratio, the type-of-structure symbol (where applicable) and the nominal rim diameter shall be grouped as shown in the above example: 185/70 R 14;
With this option you can set the length of shadow with respect to the height of the selection or layer. In the above example, the red line represents the length of shadow, its length is 1.8 relative to the height of the yellow selection.
In the above example D2 can be copied into all three cells D3 to D5 at once by just copying D2 then selecting the complete cell area D3: D5 before doing the paste.
As in the above example, this player configuration name is npp.
Cash is not involved in the above example, but if it were, the final situation would be the same.
Cash is not involved in the above example, but if it were, the final situation would be the same.
If, in the above example, the instrument contained an embedded derivative, the change in fair value of the embedded derivative would be excluded in determining the amount in paragraph 94(h)(i).
As these subsidies are subsidies on products, the product being the insurance service, they are not recorded in the generation of income account of the policy holder (and thus not, in the above example, in the EAA).
In the above example image, the color of the Bucket Fill tool was white, so white parts of Wilber were erased and the blue background shows through.
In the above example of the hammer, this could be the hammer head breaking, since pieces of the broken head could fly into one's eye, possibly blinding the user.

Alternatives:

in the example above
in the example mentioned earlier
in the example provided above
in the example shown above
in the example referenced above

In the example above

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to refer to an example that is located physically or chronologically above the current point in a text or conversation.