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# Brackets

Typed command(s) | Symbol in Elements pane | Meaning
(...) |  | Normal round left and right bracket
[...] |  | Left and right square bracket
ldbracket ... rdbracket |  | Left and right square double bracket
lline ... rline |  | Left and right vertical line
ldline ... rdline |  | Left and right double vertical lines
lbrace ... rbrace |  | Left and right curly brackets, set bracket
langle ... rangle |  | Left and right pointed bracket
langle ... mline ... rangle |  | Left and right pointed operator bracket
{...} |  | Left and right group bracket. They are not displayed in the document and do not take up any room.
left( ... right) |  | Brackets, scalable
left[ ... right] |  | Square brackets, scalable
left ldbracket ... right rdbracket |  | Double square brackets, scalable
left lbrace ... right rbrace |  | Braces, scalable
left lline ... right rline |  | Single lines, scalable
left ldline ... right rdline |  | Double lines, scalable
left angle ... right angle |  | Angle brackets, scalable
left langle ... mline ... right rangle |  | Scalable left and right pointed operator bracket
overbrace |  | Scalable curly set bracket on top
underbrace |  | Scalable curly set bracket below
lfloor ... rfloor |  | Left and right line with lower edges
lceil ... rceil |  | Left and right line with upper edges
\lbrace \rbrace or \{ \} |  | Left curly bracket or right curly bracket
\( \) |  | Left and right round bracket
\[ \] |  | Left and right square bracket
\langle \rangle |  | Left and right pointed bracket
\lline \rline |  | Left and right vertical line
\ldline \rdline |  | Left and right double line
\lfloor \rfloor |  | Left and right line with lower edges
\lceil \rceil |  | Left and right line with upper edges
none |  | Qualifier to suppress one bracket, as in right none

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## Brackets

You can choose among various bracket types to structure a LibreOffice Math formula. Bracket types are displayed in the lower part of the Elements pane. These brackets are also listed in the context menu of the Commands window. All brackets that are not contained in the Elements pane or in the context menu can be typed manually in the Commands window.

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