textasciicircum
Produces a literal caret (^) character in text mode without triggering superscript behavior.
Overview
Essential for displaying the actual caret symbol in regular text without mathematical interpretation, particularly useful in technical documentation, computer science contexts, and when describing programming syntax.
- Commonly used when writing about programming languages that use ^ for operations
- Helpful in documenting keyboard shortcuts or ASCII characters
- Provides a way to distinguish from math mode's superscript functionality
- Particularly valuable in computer science literature and technical manuals
Examples
Displaying a literal caret symbol in text mode, commonly used when discussing programming syntax.
The exponentiation operator in Python is written as: \text{x\textasciicircum y}Showing file path patterns in documentation, where caret often represents the start of a line.
Regular expression pattern: \text{\textasciicircum /home/}Demonstrating XOR operation in binary arithmetic discussions.
Binary XOR: \text{1010 \textasciicircum 1100 = 0110}