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When I enter one of the symbols #, &,|, ^ or _ I get an unexpected result or an error message. How can I use these symbols?

These symbols all have a special meaning in Math:

To use them in your formula you can put them in quotation marks, which means that you insert them as text.

If you want to use the symbol "|" you should consider whether the construction you need is one of the the following:

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