Is there a box with a slash?

Question

In my current project, I'm using the boxed versions of certain operations. The amsmath package provides convenient \boxtimes and \boxplus operators for this, which are the same size as \square.

However, I haven't been able to find a box with a slash (i.e. set-minus symbol). Is there a straightforward way I could make one, e.g. by somehow removing one of the lines from \boxtimes, or overlaying \square with an equally-sized slash symbol? The straightforward \not\square looks rather dreadful: . \cancel\square looks somewhat better, but the line still extends beyond the edges of the square: .

@Werner That \boxslash is excellent but unfortunately not the same size and position as \square, \boxtimes, and \boxplus. — Draconis, Aug 31 '18 at 20:17
That can easily be changed using a \resizebox or \scalebox and placed in a new command of your choice. — Werner, Aug 31 '18 at 20:48

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '18 at 19:59

You can use tikz to make your own:

\documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{tikz}
  \newlength\squareheight
  \setlength\squareheight{6.75pt}
  \newcommand\squareslash{\tikz{\draw (0,0) rectangle (\squareheight,\squareheight);\draw(0,0) -- (\squareheight,\squareheight)}}
\begin{document}
  \[ A \squareslash B \]
\end{document}

Output:

You can then get proper spacing using \DeclareMathOperator:

\documentclass{article}
  \usepackage{tikz}
  \usepackage{amsmath}
  \newlength\squareheight
  \setlength\squareheight{6.75pt}
  \newcommand\squareslash{\tikz{\draw (0,0) rectangle (\squareheight,\squareheight);\draw(0,0) -- (\squareheight,\squareheight)}}
  \DeclareMathOperator\squarediv{\squareslash}
\begin{document}
  \[ A \squarediv B \]
\end{document}

Output:

Is there a box with a slash?

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