Show text exactly how it is displayed in the text document

Question

I have the following bit of text that I want to show :

A =

 9    -8     7
 6    -5    -4
 3    -2     1

I want to show it exactly as it is, i.e. no formatting.

Currently it shows :

I assume there is an environment that avoids any formatting but I've been unable to find it.

(I don't want to create a matrix in the math environment, because that's log that I want to show as it is.)

Answer 1

I would suggest that you parse the log file so that you may typeset it as a proper matrix.

Anyway, if you don't want to do any formatting you can use the environment verbatim.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\begin{verbatim}
A =

 9    -8     7
 6    -5    -4
 3    -2     1
\end{verbatim}

\end{document}