# \ne

The ≠ symbol (Not equal to, U+2260), written as \ne in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Negated relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/negated-relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ≠ |
| Unicode | U+2260 NOT EQUAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\ne
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.26% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 103 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2260 (NOT EQUAL TO).

### [base/ne-to-neq](https://texform.dev/rules/base/ne-to-neq)

Collapse ne to the explicit neq relation character.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\ne
```

→

```latex
\neq
```

```latex
A \ne B
```

→

```latex
A \neq B
```