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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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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]

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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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