Spacing\space

\spaceCommand

Inserts an explicit nonbreaking space in math input, typically when the author wants literal whitespace preserved between math atoms.

\space
Topic
Spacing
Available in
base
Kind
prefix
Allowed mode
math
Frequency
<0.01% of corpus formulasrank 222 of 263
Commonality
low
Tags
spacing
Renderer support
PackageMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
baseMathJax: FullKaTeX: FullXeTeX: Full
About the test scope

Syntax#

\space

Takes no arguments. Reading argspecs

In TeXForm#

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

base/space-to-tildefrom Authoringrender

Collapse space to the explicit nonbreaking space token.

\space ~

Equivalent forms#

  • \ exact

    Control-space is mapped to the same MathJax parse method.

  • ~exact

    In MathJax math mode, ~ is handled by the same method and produces the same nonbreaking-space token.

See also#

Test cases#

base
InputCaseMathJaxKaTeXXeTeX
\spacePositive · baselinePassPassPass
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