# how to insert % symbol in a statement without intending comment? [duplicate]

I wish to insert a % symbol in a line. But the rest of the statement goes missing since % is usually intended for comment. How can I resolve this problem?

You should escape it: `\%`.

For "special character" using `\` will say to TeX to not understand it as a special character but a classic one that will be printed in the document.

This is the case for `#` or `_` too for exemple.

You can also use the `\SI{70}{\percent}` command from the `siunitx` package.

Just put a backslash before % such as to write 70% we have to use `70\%`.

• There should be some tiny space between the number and the “unit”, i.e. `70\,\%`. – Henri Menke Dec 1 '15 at 8:49
• @HenriMenke Not generally used; it's not a unit. – egreg Dec 1 '15 at 9:40
• @egreg That is why I put unit in quotation marks. Also a quick web search revealed that there is no consensus on the space. – Henri Menke Dec 1 '15 at 9:49
• This kind of spaces is automatically done with the `siunitx` package. – Jérôme Dequeker Dec 1 '15 at 12:07