# How to add unnumbered lines in an algorithm?

I am typesetting algorithms with the algorithm package, and I would like to add unnumbered lines in them. Is there a way to create a \State* command, the same way there is an equation* environment?

Here is an example of algorithm. I would like the \State {} line to be unnumbered, and therefore \State Step 3. to be number 3.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algpseudocode}

\begin{document}

\begin{algorithm}
\caption{A title.}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\State Step 1.
\State Step 2.
\State {}
\State Step 3.
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}

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By virtue of the fact that you are using algpseudocode, it looks like you are actually using the algorithmicx package. From page 4 of its manual, it looks like you want the \Statex command.

If for some reason that doesn't work, a solution can be nastily hacked by forcing suppression of the line number:

\def\NoNumber#1{{\def\alglinenumber##1{}\State #1}\addtocounter{ALG@line}{-1}}


You can then use \NoNumber like \State:

\begin{algorithm}
\caption{A title.}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\State Step 1.
\State Step 2.
\NoNumber{This line will not have a number!}
\State Step 3.
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

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This works perfectly. It seems I didn't look in the right manual... Thanks! –  Drude Feb 17 '11 at 23:53
This solution does not work in case I want to put \NoNumber in the first line of the pseudocode, or just after \EndIf. But \Statex works perfectly. –  user25635 Feb 7 at 13:43