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<paragraph id="hd_id4631488" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="brackets"><link href="text/smath/01/03091508.xhp" name="Brackets">Brackets</link></variable></paragraph>

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      <paragraph id="par_id3180930" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3180936" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21802.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3180936">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181050" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right square bracket</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12BDB" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">ldbracket ... rdbracket</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181201" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right square double bracket</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181229" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3181235" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21805.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3181235">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181350" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right vertical line</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12C47" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">ldline ... rdline</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181377" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3181384" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21806.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3181384">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181498" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right double vertical lines</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12C7D" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">lbrace ... rbrace</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181646" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right curly brackets, set bracket</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12CB3" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">langle ... rangle</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181794" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right pointed bracket</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12CE9" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">langle ... mline ... rangle</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3181945" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right pointed operator bracket</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182055" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Left and right group bracket. They are not displayed in the document and do not take up any room.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182178" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Brackets, scalable</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182210" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3182216" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21810.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3182216">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182305" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Square brackets, scalable</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12DC1" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">left ldbracket ... right rdbracket</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182332" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3182339" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21824.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3182339">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182428" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Double square brackets, scalable</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12DF7" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">left lbrace ... right rbrace</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182456" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3182463" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21812.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3182463">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182551" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Braces, scalable</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182674" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Single lines, scalable</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3182702" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><image id="img_id3182709" src="media/helpimg/starmath/al21814.png" width="0.566cm" height="0.566cm"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id3182709">Icon</alt></image></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_id3183043" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US">Scalable left and right pointed operator bracket</paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12F3B" role="tablecontent" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">underbrace</item></paragraph>
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      <paragraph id="par_idN12F9F" role="tablecontent" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="literal">\lbrace \rbrace</item> or <item type="literal">\{ \}</item></paragraph>
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