title: Insert section symbol in R markdown document
body: <p>How can I insert a section symbol in an R markdown document?</p>
  
  <p>Since I don't know how to insert the symbol into this question, I will refer you to this page instead, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_sign</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I am able to incorporate other symbols using Latex, for example <code>$\dag$</code> gives me a dagger and <code>$\ddag$</code> gives me a double dagger.  (Both the dagger and the double dagger can be viewed at the page link above.)  But if I use <code>$\s$</code> or <code>$\S$</code> (which I found on an internet search) for the section symbol, I simply get $\s$ in $\S$ in my document.</p>