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Why is pdflatex not recognizing # symbol?

Open zzakeer opened this issue 5 years ago • 1 comments

Im getting error when i build PDF from latex file which has # symbol

Latex file \newcommand{\clientCompanyAddrs}{#222,Paradise}

output with Error Screenshot 2019-12-09 at 4 03 51 PM

zzakeer avatar Dec 09 '19 10:12 zzakeer

Generic LaTeX problem which is the need to escape certain special characters. Hashtag is one of these, so write \#.

kevinvalk avatar Dec 29 '20 08:12 kevinvalk