# \S

Used for section-sign references in running text, especially legal, editorial, and scholarly citations

https://texform.dev/latex/commands/S

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Miscellaneous symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/miscellaneous) |
| Packages | textmacros |
| Allowed mode | text |
| Tags |  |
| Commonality | low |
| Kind | prefix |

## Syntax

### textmacros

Argument specification: ``

Used for section-sign references in running text, especially legal, editorial, and scholarly citations

## Examples

```latex
\text{\S}
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Ctext%7B%5CS%7D)

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| textmacros | full | full | full |

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 202 of 263 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as prefix syntax; the package determines its argument specification.

## Equivalent forms

```latex
§
```

exact. MathJax's text parser inserts this Unicode character directly.

## See also

- [\\AA](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/AA)
- [\\dagger](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/dagger)
- [\\ddagger](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/ddagger)
- [\\ldots](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/ldots)
- [\\vdots](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vdots)
- [\\S](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/S)

## Test cases

### textmacros

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \S | Positive: baseline | Pass | Pass | Pass |