Symbol which looks like $\oint$ which marks the beginning of a section/chapter?

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How do I make the symbol which looks like $\oint$ which marks the beginning of a section/chapter? Much thanks in advance.

Welcome to TeX.SX! See http://tex.stackexchange.com/q/14 In the list of symbols, \S = § appears in table 3 at page 9. — egreg, Jun 17 '15 at 22:21
A little bit more, general info about this sign, in case you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign — Au101, Jun 17 '15 at 22:26
I think it's re-opening this posting since the symbol in question is not a math symbol at all but, instead, a vertical superimposition of two S characters. The reference to \oint is admittedly a bit unfortunate. — Mico, Jun 18 '15 at 00:35
This question is even answered. Unless OP means anything else but §, it is fine to leave it closed. — Symbol 1, Jun 18 '15 at 03:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '15 at 22:20

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Do you mean like this?

section symbol

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
  \S 1
\end{document}

answered Jun 17 '15 at 22:20

cfr

Very easy rep :-P – Jun 17 '15 at 22:23
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@ChristianHupfer Obviously. I could delete it. I figure there is a duplicate somewhere but answering was quicker. Probably should go back to answering anonymously but that is something of a pain. (Actually, sometimes it is literally impossible. But when it is not impossible, it is a huge pain.) – cfr Jun 17 '15 at 23:28
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No, no, don't delete it. I learned that this is called section sign, whereas in German it means Paragraph, which is actually used only for numbering laws in jurisdiction, not in the sense of \paragraph – Jun 18 '15 at 17:31

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