# \longleftarrow

The ⟵ symbol (Long leftwards arrow, U+27F5), written as \longleftarrow in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Arrows](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/arrows) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⟵ |
| Unicode | U+27F5 LONG LEFTWARDS ARROW |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\longleftarrow
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.02% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 196 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+27F5 (LONG LEFTWARDS ARROW).