Add section symbol to section

Question

I would like to know how can I add the section symbol §, so that it will be displayed as follows.

§4 First section

§5 Second section

By default, it is generated as follows when a \section command is used.

4 First section

5 Second section

Edit:

This is one solution:

\renewcommand{\thesection}{\S\arabic{section}}

However, it adds § also with \subsection command. Is there another solution?

No, I don't. But I see you solve my problem. Question is replaced/duplicated. I use just \renewcommand{\thesection}{\S\arabic{section}} — MC2DX, Aug 10 '13 at 19:57
Pay attention that it also adds the same symbol in \subsections. — karlkoeller, Aug 10 '13 at 19:59
You can also see Changing the section format for a package free version. — egreg, Aug 10 '13 at 20:29
Note that § is the section sign, not the paragraph sign (the "pilcrow" ). See the Wikipedia articles for the Section Sign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign) and the Paragraph Sign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilcrow). — jvriesem, Mar 12 '15 at 05:29

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '13 at 20:11

Perhaps the quickest way is to use the titlesec package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\section}
  {\normalfont\Large\bfseries}{\S\thesection}{1em}{}

\begin{document}

\section{Test section}
\subsection{Test subsection}
\section*{An unnumbered test section}
\section{Another test section}
\subsection{Another test subsection}

\end{document}

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