General ⇒ Help adding a vertical line '|'

[absvalue]

Hello,

I'm trying to add a vertical line to my file in TeXnicCenter, but when I build the file it gets interpreted as a long dash. Does anyone know a way around this? Is there an escape character I could use?

Thanks,

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

what code do you use? You could use \rule to get a vertical line.

Stefan

[absvalue]

Basically, I'm trying to say:

If a|b and a|c ...

But, in place of |, I'm getting a long dash. I just tried \rule, but it doesn't display anything. Am I doing something wrong?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Use inline math mode:

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If $a|b$ and $a|c$ ...

Stefan

[lalop]

http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html

[frabjous]

You might also use either \textbar or $\vert$. (The latter is a little thicker.)

[edmundocayo]

You might also use either \textbar or $\vert$. (The latter is a little thicker.)

Thank you frabjous, I was having the same issue, thanks to you I've solved it!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

That's a problem with the standard OT1 encoding and that character. Simply switch to T1 encoding and you can directly use that symbol. See:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Vertical line: |
\end{document}

Stefan