# \ldots

Used for ellipses in running text and prose

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

## Metadata

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

## Syntax

### textmacros

Argument specification: ``

Used for ellipses in running text and prose

## Common tasks

### How to write a low ellipsis in a list

```latex
x_1,\ldots,x_n
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=x_1%2C%5Cldots%2Cx_n)

### How to write dots after a decimal-like sequence

```latex
0.123\ldots
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=0.123%5Cldots)

### How to write an ellipsis in text

```latex
\text{and so on\ldots}
```

[Open in Playground](https://play.texform.dev/?input=%5Ctext%7Band+so+on%5Cldots%7D)

## Examples

```latex
\text{\ldots}
```

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

## Renderer support

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

## Usage frequency

2.25% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 25 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.

```latex
\dots
```

exact. Used similarly in math mode

## See also

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

## Test cases

### textmacros

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