LaTeX symbol for "does not divide"

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@andrewkirk posted the following:
The symbol should be a diagonal stroke through (not next to) a vertical stroke, meaning "does not divide".
 
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jim mcnamara said:
The symbol should be a diagonal stroke through (not next to) a vertical stroke, meaning "does not divide".
Doesn't seem to be an error. \not{|} works, but in that post, the braces are missing:

##\not{|}~~~## vs ##~~~\not|##

Even \cancel{|} works: ##\cancel{|}##
 
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