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Formatting code in LaTex (tabbing, verbatim)

Formatting code in LaTex is as astonishingly easy, once one knows how to do it.

There is a command “tabbing”, which is used in the same way as for example “centering”, except that one has to tell the computer where to set a tab.

\begin{tabbing}
if \= (condition) \{ \\ % inserts a tab just after the "if"-command.
\> then statement \=\\ % go to the defined tab and set a new one
\}\\
else \{ \\
\> else statement     \> next tab is here\\
\}\\
\end{tabbing}

Copy-paste the code into your LaTex-file and see yourself.

One can use as many \> in a sequence as needed, as long as enough tabs have been defined before.

E.g.

\begin{tabbing}
o \= o \= o\\
o \> \> o\\
o \> o \> o\\
\end{tabbing}

Another way to just format your code if you already have it in a “tabbed” version is to use “verbatim”.

\begin{verbatim}
Your code goes here.
\end{verbatim}

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