# \gets

The ← symbol (Leftwards arrow, U+2190), written as \gets in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/gets

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Arrows](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/arrows) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ← |
| Unicode | U+2190 LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\gets
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 209 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2190 (LEFTWARDS ARROW).

### [base/gets-to-leftarrow](https://texform.dev/rules/base/gets-to-leftarrow)

Normalize gets to leftarrow for corpus form.

Level: faithful. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\gets
```

→

```latex
\leftarrow
```

```latex
A \gets B
```

→

```latex
A \leftarrow B
```