\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report} \makeatletter \newcommand{\textarrow}[2][1] { \settowidth{\@tempdima}{#2} \stackrel{#2} {\makebox[#1\@tempdima][l]{\rightarrowfill}} } \makeatother \begin{document} \begin{eqnarray*} y = f(x) & \textarrow[1.5]{Transformation} & Y = F(X)\\ y = f(x) & \textarrow{\ensuremath{x\mapsto X}} & Y = F(X) \end{eqnarray*} \end{document}