LaTex Tricks

TeXstudio has the Ctrl+T/U shortcuts for commenting/uncommenting multilines.

Comment in pseudocodes (Just for use with package algorithmic. For algorithmicx, simply use Comment{})

documentclass{article}
usepackage{algorithm,algorithmic}
usepackage{eqparbox}
%
enewcommand{algorithmiccomment}[1]{hfilleqparbox{COMMENT}{# #1}}

enewcommand{algorithmiccomment}[1]{hfilleqparbox{COMMENT}{/* #1 */}}
egin{document}
	egin{algorithm}
		egin{algorithmic}[1]
			STATE $sum=0$;
			FOR[comment for FOR]{$j=1$ TO $100$}
			IF[comment for IF]{$j\%2==1$}
			STATE $sum=sum+i$; COMMENT{normal comment}
			ENDIF
			ENDFOR
		end{algorithmic}
	end{algorithm}
end{document}

 

LaTex algorithm Packages (ACK:https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/229355/algorithm-algorithmic-algorithmicx-algorithm2e-algpseudocode-confused)

• algorithm - float wrapper for algorithms.
• algorithmic - first algorithm typesetting environment.
• algorithmicx - second algorithm typesetting environment.
• algpseudocode - layout for algorithmicx.
• algorithm2e - third algorithm typesetting environment.

I use algorithmicx with algpseudocode since they are superior to algorithmic. I think algorithmicx offers the same functionality compared to algorithm2e, but I find its syntax clearer than the one provided by algorithm2e.

Algorithm vs. Procedure (Ack https://qr.ae/pGOhuN)

A procedure which always terminates is called an algorithm.

 

 The notion of a procedure and an algorithm is formally defined in the book “ Formal Languages and their relation to Automata “ (1969), by hopcroft and ullman. https://savedparadigms.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/formal-languages-and-their-relation-to-automata-john-e-hopcroft-jeffrey-d-ullman.pdf