Please, don't ask why I need this. I need to print > character, but I can't use the > symbol inside the .tex file. \rangle doesn't work for me, since it prints a math-mode char, which looks very much different from \texttt{>} (I need true-type font).
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\textgreater works with any encoding (in text mode); remember that TeX will ignore spaces following the command, so you may need \textgreater{} if a space must follow.
If you also need to use > in math mode (but cannot input the character), also do
\DeclareMathSymbol{\mathgreater}{\mathrel}{letters}{"3E}
or, more simply but more cryptic,
\mathchardef\mathgreater=\mathcode62
When compiling with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX you can use the following:
\documentclass{article}
\chardef\myrangle=62
\chardef\mylangle=60
\begin{document}
\mylangle\myrangle
\end{document}
(in pdfLaTeX you'll need to also \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}).
This'll give the following output:
\chardef\myrangle=62 \texttt{\myrangle}