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\ldotsCommand

Used for ellipses in running text and prose

\text{\ldots}
Available in
textmacros
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
text
Frequency
2.25% of corpus formulasrank 25 of 263
Commonality
high
Renderer support
MathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
textmacros
About the test scope

Syntax#

\ldots

Takes no arguments. Reading argspecs

Common tasks#

How to write a low ellipsis in a list#

x_1,\ldots,x_n

How to write dots after a decimal-like sequence#

0.123\ldots

How to write an ellipsis in text#

\text{and so on\ldots}

In TeXForm#

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

Equivalent forms#

  • …exact

    MathJax's text parser inserts this Unicode character directly.

  • \dotsexact

    Used similarly in math mode

See also#

Test cases#

textmacros
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\ldotsPositive · baselinePassPassPass
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