How to print Hash (#) symbol in LaTeX

Hash (#) is a special character and in order to print certain special characters in LaTeX, we need to use an escape character just before the escape character.

The escape character is \.

If you write this:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
#
\end{document}

You will get an error.

Print Hash (#) Symbol in LaTeX

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\#
\end{document}

Output:

Print Sharp symbol in LaTeX (Musical Sharp)

In musical symbols, we can also find a symbol just like the Hash symbol. It is known as Sharp symbol.

In programming languages, there is a language C# (C Sharp).

Here, I will show you how to print that Sharp symbol in LaTeX.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\sharp$
\end{document}

Output:

You can use this for writing C# (C sharp) in LaTeX.

Print Hash Symbol using stix package in LaTeX

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{stix}
\begin{document}
\#
\end{document}

Output:

If you want to get a more depth and clean hash symbol, then you can use the below command.

\texttt{\#}

It does not require any package to include.