Printing British Symbol £?

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How does one print the '£' symbol?

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David Heffernan · Answer 1 · 2011-09-15 13:15:09Z

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\pounds is what you need.

answered Sep 15 '11 at 13:15

David Heffernan
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	Thank you . It works with \pounds. – Abhishek Sep 15 '11 at 13:25
	Although, it doesn't work everywhere. For example MathOverflow is processed with MathJax and that doesn't seem to recognise either `\pounds` or `\textsterling`. – isomorphismes Feb 12 at 17:41

N.N. · Answer 2 · 2011-09-15 14:51:59Z

up vote 8 down vote

edited Sep 15 '11 at 14:51

N.N.
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answered Sep 15 '11 at 13:15

Christoph Jüngling
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Count Zero · Answer 3 · 2011-09-15 14:47:45Z

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There are very effective resources for finding symbols (not only math symbols), as suggested here: How to look up a math symbol?

answered Sep 15 '11 at 14:47

Count Zero
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Seamus · Answer 4 · 2011-11-04 17:54:12Z

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If you use inputenc then you can just write £:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
£ etc
\end{document}

answered Nov 4 '11 at 17:54

Seamus
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