[Tex/LaTex] How to use ‘&’ literally in LaTeX?

ampersand

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In the itemize environment, how do I use the ampersand symbol & without LaTeX trying to use it as a command?

Best Answer

How about \&?

This also works fine in XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. For example, in XeLaTeX this code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\begin{document}
Testing... \&
\end{document}

is thus rendered:

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