How to use pipe(|) symbol in LaTeX?

By Parvez / Symbols / October 15, 2023

Introduction Install latex editor Create first document Craete first document \documentclass command Insert package in doc Text and paragraph formatting Text bold Text italic Text underline Line Breaks Text Alignment Paragraph Indent Section and Chapter Latex section Latex subsection Latex chapter Add style in section Insert list Oderd list Unordered list Nested list Multicolumn list Add style on list Insert figure or image Insert image Change size of figure Add caption and subcaption Add border or frame around figure Insert figures in multicolumn layout Insert rotating figures with caption Insert table in document Insert table Caption and subcaption Adjust column width and row height Merge columns Merge rows Change border style Rotating table with caption Color table

Symbol/Unicode	Pipe/U+007C
Type of symbol	Function symbol
Package (requirement)	No
Argument	No
Latex command	`\mid`
Example	`\mid` → \|

You can use the pipe key shift + | on the keyboard to use the pipe symbol in latex. But I would recommend using \mid command.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
    \[ x_n \mid \frac{1}{n} \]
    \[ \frac{a}{b} \mid x \]
    \[ mod \;\; m \mid a_i \]
\end{document}

Output :

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