Directional symbols in LaTeX
Directional symbols are used to point or indicate direction. In its simplest form, it is a triangle, chevron, or concave kite, usually affixed to a line segment or rectangle, and in more complex forms a representation of an actual arrow. These are universally recognized for indicating directions. Our keyboard does not contain arrow symbols, so we use Latex Code to write them. So below are the most used directional symbols with their Latex code.
Directional Symbols and their LaTeX Code :
TERM | SYMBOL | LATEX |
---|---|---|
Double left arrow | ![]() | \Leftarrow |
Double Right arrow | ![]() | \Rightarrow |
Double headed arrow | ![]() | \leftrightarrow |
Long left arrow | ![]() | \longleftarrow |
Long right arrow | ![]() | \longrightarrow |
Double up arrow | ![]() | \Uparrow |
Double down arrow | ![]() | \Downarrow |
Double up arrow | ![]() | \Uparrow |
Up Down arrow | ![]() | \updownarrow |
Double up down arrow | ![]() | \Updownarrow |
Long double headed arrow | ![]() | \longleftrightarrow |
Hooked left arrow | ![]() | \hookleftarrow |
Hooked right arrow | ![]() | \hookrightarrow |
Left harpoon up | ![]() | \leftharpoonup |
Left harpoon down | ![]() | \leftharpoondown |
Right harpoon up | ![]() | \rightharpoonup |
Right harpoon down | ![]() | \rightharpoondown |
Map to | ![]() | \mapsto |
Right Left harpoon | ![]() | \rightleftharpoons |
Long double headed arrow | ![]() | \longleftrightarrow |
Long maps to | ![]() | \longmapsto |
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