Brackets
Typed command(s) |
Symbol in Elements pane |
Meaning |
(...) |
Normal round left and right bracket |
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[...] |
Left and right square bracket |
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ldbracket ... rdbracket |
Left and right square double bracket |
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lline ... rline |
Left and right vertical line |
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ldline ... rdline |
Left and right double vertical lines |
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lbrace ... rbrace |
Left and right curly brackets, set bracket |
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langle ... rangle |
Left and right pointed bracket |
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langle ... mline ... rangle |
Left and right pointed operator bracket |
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{...} |
Left and right group bracket. They are not displayed in the document and do not take up any room. |
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left( ... right) |
Brackets, scalable |
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left[ ... right] |
Square brackets, scalable |
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left ldbracket ... right rdbracket |
Double square brackets, scalable |
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left lbrace ... right rbrace |
Braces, scalable |
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left lline ... right rline |
Single lines, scalable |
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left ldline ... right rdline |
Double lines, scalable |
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left angle ... right angle |
Angle brackets, scalable |
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left langle ... mline ... right rangle |
Scalable left and right pointed operator bracket |
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overbrace |
Scalable curly set bracket on top |
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underbrace |
Scalable curly set bracket below |
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lfloor ... rfloor |
Left and right line with lower edges |
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lceil ... rceil |
Left and right line with upper edges |
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\lbrace \rbrace or \{ \} |
Left curly bracket or right curly bracket |
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\( \) |
Left and right round bracket |
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\[ \] |
Left and right square bracket |
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\langle \rangle |
Left and right pointed bracket |
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\lline \rline |
Left and right vertical line |
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\ldline \rdline |
Left and right double line |
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\lfloor \rfloor |
Left and right line with lower edges |
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\lceil \rceil |
Left and right line with upper edges |
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none |
Qualifier to suppress one bracket, as in right none |