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# How to Create Arrows in LaTeX

LaTeX is a powerful tool for creating scientific and technical documents. One element about working with such documents is the use of various types of arrows.

In this quick guide, we shall discuss various types of arrows and how you can use them in your LaTeX documents.

## Types of LaTeX Arrows

LaTeX supports the following types of arrows.

• Single line left arrow
• Single line right arrow
• Double line left arrow
• Double line right arrow
• Single line up arrow
• Single line down arrow
• Double line up arrow
• Double line down arrow
• Maps to arrow
• Long maps to arrow
• Ne arrow
• Se arrow
• Left harpoon up
• Right harpoon up
• Left harpoon down
• Right harpoon down
• Nw arrow
• Left right arrow
• Up down arrow

## LaTeX Arrow Commands

The following are the commands you can use to create arrows in LaTeX documents.

 Arrow type Respective Command Single line left arrow \leftarrow Single line right arrow \rightarrow Double line left arrow \Leftarrow Double line right arrow \Rightarrow Single line up arrow \uparrow Single line down arrow \downarrow Double line up arrow \Uparrow Double line down arrow \Downarrow Maps to arrow \mapsto Long maps to arrow \longmapsto Ne arrow \nearrow Se arrow \searrow Left harpoon up \leftharpoonup Right harpoon up \rightharpoonup Nw arrow nwarrow Left right arrow \Leftrightarrow Up down arrow \Updownarrow

The following code shows all the arrows mentioned above.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{amsmath}

\begin{document}

$\leftarrow \\ \rightarrow \\ \Leftarrow \\ \Rightarrow \\ \uparrow \\ \downarrow \\ \Uparrow \\ \Downarrow \\ \Leftrightarrow \\ \Updownarrow \\ \mapsto \\ \longmapsto \\ \nearrow \\ \searrow \\ \swarrow \\ \nwarrow \\ \leftharpoonup \\ \rightharpoonup \\ \leftharpoondown \\ \rightharpoondown \\$

\end{document
}

## Conclusion

LaTeX provides us with powerful and easy-to-use shortcuts for creating symbols and arrows. To learn more, consider the LaTeX documentation.