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The hyphen-minus (keyboard hyphen), en dash, em dash, and mathematical minus/negative symbols are different . Pressing the - on your keyboard, usually next to the 0 (zero) key, will produce a hyphen-minus. Methods of producing the other characters are described below.
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hyphen-minus, plus, minus signs compared |
To insert a dash or minus sign, use the toolbar below the edit box. Click where you want the character to be inserted, select "Insert" from the pull-down menu, and then:
− between the ± and the ×.{{ndash}} or –.
{{spaced ndash}} – or, more commonly, its shortcut {{snd}} – since this template also provides the essential non-breaking space before the dash. Alternatively, the raw HTML – sequence could be used but will clutter the source text needlessly.{{mdash}} or —.{{minus}} or the HTML code &minus.Find an en dash (–), an em dash (—), or a minus sign (−) already in some text—in this sentence, for example—and paste it where a new one is wanted.
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For Mac (or iOS/iPadOS with an external keyboard) use:
Alternatively for Mac:
If you have a compose key:
For Windows on a keyboard with a numeric keypad:
For iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android: