Using hyphen in math mode

Using hyphen in math mode

[Brian R. Landy]

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to access the hyphen symbol 
(0x002D) while in math mode?  I want to avoid the standard remapping to 
Unicode minus 0x2212.  It would also be workable if I could select the 
math font without switching to math mode.

The problem with an approach like \math{\text{-}} is that it switches 
the font back to the text font and does not use the math font.  I.e, I'm 
trying to get the true hyphen symbol set in whatever font is currently 
defined for math mode.

Best regards,
Brian
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Re: Using hyphen in math mode

[Hans Hagen]

On 8/16/2016 6:56 PM, Brian R. Landy wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to access the hyphen symbol
> (0x002D) while in math mode?  I want to avoid the standard remapping to
> Unicode minus 0x2212.  It would also be workable if I could select the
> math font without switching to math mode.
>
> The problem with an approach like \math{\text{-}} is that it switches
> the font back to the text font and does not use the math font.  I.e, I'm
> trying to get the true hyphen symbol set in whatever font is currently
> defined for math mode.

$ {\mathchar"2D} $

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