Printing >, <, and % in LaTeX

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Please help me with this. How to print >, < and % in LaTeX. Backslash doesn't seem to work!

< and > should be used in math mode; for printing % use \% — egreg, Apr 06 '13 at 13:46
@Marco: < and > are not mentioned in that other question, are they? — Hendrik Vogt, Apr 06 '13 at 13:47
Also see How to look up a symbol?. Under detexify, it yields \textless, \textgreater and \%. — Werner, Apr 06 '13 at 16:32

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '13 at 14:01

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The glyphs < and > have usually no place in typeset text, except in mathematical formulas. In a math formula, < and > produce the right symbol:

$a<b$

will provide the right spacing and letter shape.

You can still get those glyphs in normal text with \textless and \textgreater, provided you load

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

However, I don't recommend using them outside math formulas. You might want to use \textlangle and \textrangle in text, that produce different glyphs

〈 and 〉

For these either you use math mode (they are called \langle and \rangle) or load

\usepackage{textcomp}

In order to print %, just type \%.

answered Apr 06 '13 at 14:01

egreg

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how would you print double && ? && not working... – Nulle Feb 11 '17 at 11:24
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@Nulle Did you try \&\&? – egreg Feb 11 '17 at 11:28
No i didn't and that worked! Thank you very much! :) – Nulle Feb 11 '17 at 11:32

Printing >, <, and % in LaTeX

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