How do I use mathematical symbols in verbatim mode?

Question

How can I get mathematical symbols in verbatim mode? If I use them, for example \equiv, it is just reproduced as is in the pdf.

It sounds like you don't really want verbatim (which means produce the output, erm, verbatim). What do you really want?
I want to include some code. For that I want to use the verbatim mode so that I dont have to do all the indentation, etc. And in that code, there are some symbols. What can I do?

Leo Liu · Answer 1 · 2011-04-21 05:44:09Z

You can use alltt, fancyvrb or listings package for this purpose.

For fancyvrb, see manual "4.1.16 Catcode characters". Example:

\begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\},
  codes={\catcode‘$=3\catcode‘^=7}]
x=1/sqrt(z**2) ! $\frac{1}{\sqrt{z^2}}$
\end{Verbatim}

It is easier to use listings package, see manual "4.14 Escaping to LaTeX". Example:

\begin{lstlisting}[mathescape]
// calculate $a_{ij}$
$a_{ij} = a_{jj}/a_{ij}$;
\end{lstlisting}

Jess · Answer 2 · 2011-04-21 05:17:16Z

up vote 1 down vote

I think you might try the alltt package.

answered Apr 21 '11 at 5:17

Jess
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