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24<helpdocument version="1.0">
25<meta>
26<topic id="textsmath0103091508xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Brackets</title>
28<filename>/text/smath/01/03091508.xhp</filename>
29</topic>
30</meta>
31<body>
32<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3180620">
33<bookmark_value>brackets; reference list</bookmark_value>
34</bookmark>
35<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4631488" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="brackets"><link href="text/smath/01/03091508.xhp" name="Brackets">Brackets</link>
36</variable></paragraph>
37<table id="tbl_id3180641">
38<tablerow>
39<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
40<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_idN12B53" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Typed command(s)</paragraph>
41</tablecell>
42<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
43<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3180684" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Symbol in Elements Window</paragraph>
44</tablecell>
45<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
46<paragraph role="tablehead" id="par_id3180753" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Meaning</paragraph>
47</tablecell>
48</tablerow>
49<tablerow>
50<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
51<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12B6F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
52<item type="literal">(...)</item>
53</paragraph>
54</tablecell>
55<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
56<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3180783" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
57<image id="img_id3180789" src="starmath/res/al21801.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3180789" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
58</image></paragraph>
59</tablecell>
60<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
61<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3180903" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Normal round left and right bracket</paragraph>
62</tablecell>
63</tablerow>
64<tablerow>
65<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
66<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12BA5" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
67<item type="literal">[...]</item>
68</paragraph>
69</tablecell>
70<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
71<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3180930" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
72<image id="img_id3180936" src="starmath/res/al21802.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3180936" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
73</image></paragraph>
74</tablecell>
75<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
76<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181050" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right square bracket</paragraph>
77</tablecell>
78</tablerow>
79<tablerow>
80<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
81<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12BDB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
82<item type="literal">ldbracket ... rdbracket</item>
83</paragraph>
84</tablecell>
85<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
86<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181078" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
87<image id="img_id3181084" src="starmath/res/al21823.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181084" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
88</image></paragraph>
89</tablecell>
90<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
91<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181201" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right square double bracket</paragraph>
92</tablecell>
93</tablerow>
94<tablerow>
95<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
96<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12C11" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
97<item type="literal">lline ... rline</item>
98</paragraph>
99</tablecell>
100<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
101<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
102<image id="img_id3181235" src="starmath/res/al21805.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181235" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
103</image></paragraph>
104</tablecell>
105<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
106<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181350" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right vertical line</paragraph>
107</tablecell>
108</tablerow>
109<tablerow>
110<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
111<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12C47" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
112<item type="literal">ldline ... rdline</item>
113</paragraph>
114</tablecell>
115<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
116<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181377" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
117<image id="img_id3181384" src="starmath/res/al21806.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181384" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
118</image></paragraph>
119</tablecell>
120<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
121<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181498" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right double vertical lines</paragraph>
122</tablecell>
123</tablerow>
124<tablerow>
125<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
126<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12C7D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
127<item type="literal">lbrace ... rbrace</item>
128</paragraph>
129</tablecell>
130<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
131<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181525" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
132<image id="img_id3181532" src="starmath/res/al21804.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181532" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
133</image></paragraph>
134</tablecell>
135<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
136<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right curly brackets, set bracket</paragraph>
137</tablecell>
138</tablerow>
139<tablerow>
140<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
141<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12CB3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
142<item type="literal">langle ... rangle</item>
143</paragraph>
144</tablecell>
145<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
146<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
147<image id="img_id3181680" src="starmath/res/al21803.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181680" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
148</image></paragraph>
149</tablecell>
150<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
151<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181794" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right pointed bracket</paragraph>
152</tablecell>
153</tablerow>
154<tablerow>
155<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
156<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12CE9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
157<item type="literal">langle ... mline ... rangle</item>
158</paragraph>
159</tablecell>
160<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
161<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181822" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
162<image id="img_id3181828" src="starmath/res/al21821.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181828" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
163</image></paragraph>
164</tablecell>
165<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
166<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181945" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right pointed operator bracket</paragraph>
167</tablecell>
168</tablerow>
169<tablerow>
170<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
171<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12D1F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
172<item type="literal">{...}</item>
173</paragraph>
174</tablecell>
175<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
176<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3181973" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
177<image id="img_id3181980" src="starmath/res/al21808.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3181980" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
178</image></paragraph>
179</tablecell>
180<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
181<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182055" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right group bracket. They are not displayed in the document and do not take up any room.</paragraph>
182</tablecell>
183</tablerow>
184<tablerow>
185<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
186<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12D55" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
187<item type="literal">left( ... right)</item>
188</paragraph>
189</tablecell>
190<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
191<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182083" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
192<image id="img_id3182090" src="starmath/res/al21809.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182090" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
193</image></paragraph>
194</tablecell>
195<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
196<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182178" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Brackets, scalable</paragraph>
197</tablecell>
198</tablerow>
199<tablerow>
200<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
201<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12D8B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
202<item type="literal">left[ ... right]</item>
203</paragraph>
204</tablecell>
205<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
206<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182210" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
207<image id="img_id3182216" src="starmath/res/al21810.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182216" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
208</image></paragraph>
209</tablecell>
210<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
211<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182305" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Square brackets, scalable</paragraph>
212</tablecell>
213</tablerow>
214<tablerow>
215<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
216<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12DC1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
217<item type="literal">left ldbracket ... right rdbracket</item>
218</paragraph>
219</tablecell>
220<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
221<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182332" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
222<image id="img_id3182339" src="starmath/res/al21824.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3182339" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
223</image></paragraph>
224</tablecell>
225<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
226<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182428" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Double square brackets, scalable</paragraph>
227</tablecell>
228</tablerow>
229<tablerow>
230<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
231<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12DF7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
232<item type="literal">left lbrace ... right rbrace</item>
233</paragraph>
234</tablecell>
235<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
236<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
237<image id="img_id3182463" src="starmath/res/al21812.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182463" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
238</image></paragraph>
239</tablecell>
240<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
241<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182551" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Braces, scalable</paragraph>
242</tablecell>
243</tablerow>
244<tablerow>
245<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
246<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12E2D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
247<item type="literal">left lline ... right rline</item>
248</paragraph>
249</tablecell>
250<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
251<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182579" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
252<image id="img_id3182586" src="starmath/res/al21813.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182586" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
253</image></paragraph>
254</tablecell>
255<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
256<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182674" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Single lines, scalable</paragraph>
257</tablecell>
258</tablerow>
259<tablerow>
260<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
261<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12E63" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
262<item type="literal">left ldline ... right rdline</item>
263</paragraph>
264</tablecell>
265<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
266<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
267<image id="img_id3182709" src="starmath/res/al21814.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3182709" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
268</image></paragraph>
269</tablecell>
270<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
271<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182797" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Double lines, scalable</paragraph>
272</tablecell>
273</tablerow>
274<tablerow>
275<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
276<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12E99" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
277<item type="literal">left angle ... right angle</item>
278</paragraph>
279</tablecell>
280<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
281<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182825" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
282<image id="img_id3182832" src="starmath/res/al21811.png" width="0.3335inch" height="0.3335inch"><alt id="alt_id3182832" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
283</image></paragraph>
284</tablecell>
285<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
286<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182920" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Angle brackets, scalable</paragraph>
287</tablecell>
288</tablerow>
289<tablerow>
290<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
291<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12ECF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
292<item type="literal">left langle ... mline ... right rangle</item>
293</paragraph>
294</tablecell>
295<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
296<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3182948" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
297<image id="img_id3182955" src="starmath/res/al21822.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3182955" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
298</image></paragraph>
299</tablecell>
300<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
301<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183043" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Scalable left and right pointed operator bracket</paragraph>
302</tablecell>
303</tablerow>
304<tablerow>
305<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
306<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F05" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
307<item type="literal">overbrace</item>
308</paragraph>
309</tablecell>
310<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
311<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183072" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
312<image id="img_id3183078" src="starmath/res/al21825.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3183078" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
313</image></paragraph>
314</tablecell>
315<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
316<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183195" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Scalable curly set bracket on top</paragraph>
317</tablecell>
318</tablerow>
319<tablerow>
320<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
321<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F3B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
322<item type="literal">underbrace</item>
323</paragraph>
324</tablecell>
325<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
326<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183223" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E">
327<image id="img_id3183230" src="starmath/res/al21826.png" width="0.25inch" height="0.25inch"><alt id="alt_id3183230" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt>
328</image></paragraph>
329</tablecell>
330<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
331<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Scalable curly set bracket below</paragraph>
332</tablecell>
333</tablerow>
334<tablerow>
335<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
336<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F71" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
337<item type="literal">lfloor ... rfloor</item>
338</paragraph>
339</tablecell>
340<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
341<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
342<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right line with lower edges</paragraph>
343</tablecell>
344</tablerow>
345<tablerow>
346<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
347<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F88" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
348<item type="literal">lceil ... rceil</item>
349</paragraph>
350</tablecell>
351<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
352<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
353<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183565" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right line with upper edges</paragraph>
354</tablecell>
355</tablerow>
356<tablerow>
357<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
358<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12F9F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
359<item type="literal">\lbrace \rbrace</item> or <item type="literal">\{ \}</item>
360</paragraph>
361</tablecell>
362<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
363<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
364<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183648" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left curly bracket or right curly bracket</paragraph>
365</tablecell>
366</tablerow>
367<tablerow>
368<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
369<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FBA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
370<item type="literal">\( \)</item>
371</paragraph>
372</tablecell>
373<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
374<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
375<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183733" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right round bracket</paragraph>
376</tablecell>
377</tablerow>
378<tablerow>
379<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
380<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FD1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
381<item type="literal">\[ \]</item>
382</paragraph>
383</tablecell>
384<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
385<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
386<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right square bracket</paragraph>
387</tablecell>
388</tablerow>
389<tablerow>
390<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
391<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FE8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
392<item type="literal">\langle \rangle</item>
393</paragraph>
394</tablecell>
395<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
396<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
397<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183901" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right pointed bracket</paragraph>
398</tablecell>
399</tablerow>
400<tablerow>
401<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
402<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN12FFF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
403<item type="literal">\lline \rline</item>
404</paragraph>
405</tablecell>
406<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
407<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
408<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3183985" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right vertical line</paragraph>
409</tablecell>
410</tablerow>
411<tablerow>
412<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
413<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN13016" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
414<item type="literal">\ldline \rdline</item>
415</paragraph>
416</tablecell>
417<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
418<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
419<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3184069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right double line</paragraph>
420</tablecell>
421</tablerow>
422<tablerow>
423<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
424<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN1302F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
425<item type="literal">\lfloor \rfloor</item>
426</paragraph>
427</tablecell>
428<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
429<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
430<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3184153" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right line with lower edges</paragraph>
431</tablecell>
432</tablerow>
433<tablerow>
434<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
435<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_idN13046" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW" localize="false">
436<item type="literal">\lceil \rceil</item>
437</paragraph>
438</tablecell>
439<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
440<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
441<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3184237" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Left and right line with upper edges</paragraph>
442</tablecell>
443</tablerow>
444<tablerow>
445<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
446<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id3985717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
447<item type="literal">none</item>
448</paragraph>
449</tablecell>
450<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""/>
451<tablecell colspan="" rowspan="">
452<paragraph role="tablecontent" id="par_id1778008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Qualifier to suppress one bracket, as in <item type="literal">right none </item>
453</paragraph>
454</tablecell>
455</tablerow>
456</table>
457<section id="relatedtopics">
458<embed href="text/smath/01/03090500.xhp#klammern"/>
459<embed href="text/smath/01/03091500.xhp#reference"/>
460</section>
461</body>
462</helpdocument>
463