| - Tex Command



NAME

| - pipe character; vertical bar; absolute value.

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

| is used as pipe character; vertical bar; absolute value. It acts as non-stretchy when used alone; stretchy when used with \left or \right.

EXAMPLES

  1. |x| 
    $ |x| $
  2. |\frac ab| 
    $ |\frac ab| $
  3. \left|\frac ab\right| 
    $ \left|\frac ab\right| $
  4. \{x | x\in\Bbb Z\} 
    $ \{x | x\in\Bbb Z\} $
  5. \{x\,|\,x\in\Bbb Z\} 
    $ \{x\,|\,x\in\Bbb Z\} $
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