Unnumbered chapter/paragraph with \begin{chapter}

Question

I know that I can use

\chapter*{Title}

in order to have a chapter with no number. I was wondering if it is possible to do the same using the following?

\begin{chapter}{Title}
% Chapter content
\end{chapter}

Yes, it's possible, but not recommended! You can use any LaTeX (!) command \foo with \begin{foo}...\end{foo}, since the \endfoo command is implicitly definef if \newcommand{\foo}{...} is used. — , Mar 24 '15 at 18:03
Thanks. Why is not recommended? I'm asking this because I prefer the \begin{} \end{} since it makes my latex code cleaner. — the_candyman, Mar 24 '15 at 18:04
Don't use \begin{chapter}{Title}, the correct way is \chapter{Title}. Using an environment adds nothing — egreg, Mar 24 '15 at 18:16
Related: Is it a bad idea to use \begin{section} … \end{section} in LaTeX? — Werner, Mar 24 '15 at 19:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '15 at 18:10

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I'm not sure I'd recommend it but you can do

\begin{chapter}*{Title}

answered Mar 24 '15 at 18:10

David Carlisle

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