How do I create a non-breaking space in LaTeX?

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Formulas and program fragments are most pleasantly displayed together on one line, but sometimes LaTeX inserts a line-break in the middle. How can I avoid that? That is, how do I get the behavior of   from HTML?

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To make a non-breaking space in LaTeX, use ~ (also known as the tie because it ties two things together).

An example of its use:

Look at Figure~\ref{fig:duck}. Such a lovely duck.

Note, for doing that sort of references, I recommend \autoref instead, but it was the most meaningful example I could come up with.

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answered 08 Jan '12, 15:16

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edited 08 Jan '12, 15:20

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The ~ is more commonly known as tilde. The term "tie" can also refer to the symbol ⁀ used to tie two notes together in a musical score. (e.g. ♪⁀♩)

The tilde can also be used to force a space in math mode. Sometimes LaTeX decides that a space is unnecessary, but if you think otherwise, the tilde can be used to force that space to appear (another way is to escape the space with a backslash, like so: \ )

(08 Jan '12, 17:00) Martin Dybdal ♦♦

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