# \pmqty

Used as a parenthesized matrix-quantity shorthand

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Physics: matrices](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/physics-matrices) |
| Packages | physics |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Tags | mathjax-extension |
| Commonality | low |
| Kind | prefix |

## Syntax

### physics

Argument specification: `m`

Used as a parenthesized matrix-quantity shorthand

## Examples

```latex
\pmqty{a}
```

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

## Renderer support

| Package | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| physics | full | none | full |

## In TeXForm

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

### Expands to (physics)

```latex
\pmqty{#1}
```

→

```latex
\mqty(#1)
```

BaseMethods.Macro substitutes the single argument into the replacement text and reparses.

### [physics/pmqty-to-mqty](https://texform.dev/rules/physics/pmqty-to-mqty)

Expand pmqty to the core mqty builder with paren fence syntax.

Level: faithful. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\pmqty{#1}
```

→

```latex
\mqty(#1)
```

```latex
A=\pmqty{a&b\\c&d}
```

→

```latex
A=\mqty(a&b\\c&d)
```

## Equivalent forms

```latex
\mqty(#1)
```

exact. 

## See also

- [\\bmod](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/bmod)
- [\\bmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/bmqty)
- [\\boxed](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/boxed)
- [\\bra](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/bra)
- [\\Bra](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/Bra)
- [\\flatfrac](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/flatfrac)
- [\\iff](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/iff)
- [\\imathbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/imathbb)
- [\\imathbfbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/imathbfbb)
- [\\impliedby](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/impliedby)
- [\\implies](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/implies)
- [\\itextbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/itextbb)
- [\\itextbfbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/itextbfbb)
- [\\jmathbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/jmathbb)
- [\\jmathbfbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/jmathbfbb)
- [\\jtextbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/jtextbb)
- [\\jtextbfbb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/jtextbfbb)
- [\\ket](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/ket)
- [\\Ket](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/Ket)
- [\\ketbra](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/ketbra)
- [\\Ketbra](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/Ketbra)
- [\\LaTeX](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/LaTeX)
- [\\mathstrut](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/mathstrut)
- [\\matrixdeterminant](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/matrixdeterminant)
- [\\mdet](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/mdet)
- [\\mod](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/mod)
- [\\pmb](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/pmb)
- [\\pmod](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/pmod)
- [\\Pmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/Pmqty)
- [\\pod](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/pod)
- [\\qc](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/qc)
- [\\qcomma](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/qcomma)
- [\\Residue](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/Residue)
- [\\sbmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/sbmqty)
- [\\skew](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/skew)
- [\\smdet](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/smdet)
- [\\spmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/spmqty)
- [\\sPmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/sPmqty)
- [\\stackbin](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/stackbin)
- [\\stackrel](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/stackrel)
- [\\substack](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/substack)
- [\\svmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/svmqty)
- [\\TeX](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/TeX)
- [\\textbf](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/textbf)
- [\\textit](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/textit)
- [\\textnormal](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/textnormal)
- [\\textrm](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/textrm)
- [\\textsf](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/textsf)
- [\\texttt](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/texttt)
- [\\textup](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/textup)
- [\\varinjlim](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/varinjlim)
- [\\varliminf](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/varliminf)
- [\\varlimsup](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/varlimsup)
- [\\varprojlim](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/varprojlim)
- [\\vmqty](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/vmqty)
- [\\zeromatrix](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/zeromatrix)
- [\\zmat](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/zmat)

## Test cases

### physics

| Input | Case | MathJax | KaTeX | XeTeX |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| \pmqty{a} | Positive: baseline | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| \pmqty a | Positive: bare[0] | Pass | Fail | Pass |