I need a dotted or dashed arrow with text like \xrightarrow
.
I am aware of the MnSymbol
package, but \dashedrightarrow
does not allow me to write text on the arrow. Is there a package to accomplish what I want to do?
I need a dotted or dashed arrow with text like \xrightarrow
.
I am aware of the MnSymbol
package, but \dashedrightarrow
does not allow me to write text on the arrow. Is there a package to accomplish what I want to do?
The following example uses \dashrightarrow
and \dashleftarrow
from AMS fonts (package amsfonts
):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\da@rightarrow}{\mathchar"0\hexnumber@\symAMSa 4B }
\newcommand*{\da@leftarrow}{\mathchar"0\hexnumber@\symAMSa 4C }
\newcommand*{\xdashrightarrow}[2][]{%
\mathrel{%
\mathpalette{\da@xarrow{#1}{#2}{}\da@rightarrow{\,}{}}{}%
}%
}
\newcommand{\xdashleftarrow}[2][]{%
\mathrel{%
\mathpalette{\da@xarrow{#1}{#2}\da@leftarrow{}{}{\,}}{}%
}%
}
\newcommand*{\da@xarrow}[7]{%
% #1: below
% #2: above
% #3: arrow left
% #4: arrow right
% #5: space left
% #6: space right
% #7: math style
\sbox0{$\ifx#7\scriptstyle\scriptscriptstyle\else\scriptstyle\fi#5#1#6\m@th$}%
\sbox2{$\ifx#7\scriptstyle\scriptscriptstyle\else\scriptstyle\fi#5#2#6\m@th$}%
\sbox4{$#7\dabar@\m@th$}%
\dimen@=\wd0 %
\ifdim\wd2 >\dimen@
\dimen@=\wd2 %
\fi
\count@=2 %
\def\da@bars{\dabar@\dabar@}%
\@whiledim\count@\wd4<\dimen@\do{%
\advance\count@\@ne
\expandafter\def\expandafter\da@bars\expandafter{%
\da@bars
\dabar@
}%
}%
\mathrel{#3}%
\mathrel{%
\mathop{\da@bars}\limits
\ifx\\#1\\%
\else
_{\copy0}%
\fi
\ifx\\#2\\%
\else
^{\copy2}%
\fi
}%
\mathrel{#4}%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\[ X \xrightarrow{} Y \xrightarrow[\text{below}]{\text{above}} Z \]
\[ X \xdashrightarrow{} Y \xdashrightarrow[\text{below}]{\text{above}} Z \]
\[ X \xleftarrow{} Y \xleftarrow[\text{below}]{\text{above}} Z \]
\[ X \xdashleftarrow{} Y \xdashleftarrow[\text{below}]{\text{above}} Z \]
\end{document}
Remarks:
\dashrightarrow
and \dashleftarrow
are internally composed of the dash \dabar@
and the arrow. This is used to extend the dashes as needed.\mathpalette
is needed for size adaptation according to the current math style.