\hfill (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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### 19.3 `\hfill`

Synopsis:

    \hfill

Produce a rubber length which has no natural space but that can stretch horizontally as far as needed (see Lengths).

This creates a one-line paragraph with ‘`Name:`’ on the left side of the page and ‘`Quiz One`’ on the right.

    \noindent Name:\hfill Quiz One

The `\hfill` command is equivalent to `\hspace{\fill}` and so the space can be discarded at line breaks. To avoid that instead use `\hspace*{\fill}` (see \hspace).

Here the graphs are evenly spaced in the middle of the figure.

    \newcommand*{\vcenteredhbox}[1]{\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#1\end{tabular}}
      ...
    \begin{figure}
      \hspace*{\fill}%
      \vcenteredhbox{\includegraphics{graph0.png}}%
        \hfill\vcenteredhbox{\includegraphics{graph1.png}}%
      \hspace*{\fill}%
      \caption{Comparison of two graphs} \label{fig:twographs}
    \end{figure}

Note the `\hspace*`’s where the space could otherwise be dropped.

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