# How to format for loop

I want to write a 'for' statement, but unsure how to do this with LaTeX. What I am trying to do is:

for k = 1, k++, while k < i

What is the proper (or at least a decent way) to write this in LaTeX?

Let me re-phrase:

I do not want to actually create a loop, I just want to print a line that will be the text of the beginning of a for-loop. I'm unsure how to do this.

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We want to help you, but unsure how to help you as your statement is difficult to be parsed. Please provide a more detailed illustration. –  Who is crazy first May 22 '12 at 5:34

If you just want to print the statement, then something like

$\text{for k = 1, k{+}{+}, while k < i$


will set it in a displayed format (remember to call \usepackage{amsmath} in the preamble). If it's as an item in an enumerate, then

\item for $k = 1$, $k{+}{+}$, while $k < i$


is sufficient.

The only subtle point is to enclose the + symbols between braces, in order to avoid undesired spacings.

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If you're interested in typesetting algorithmic code, there are a number of choices. You can use a pseudocode environment algpseudocode offered by algorithmicx. Here's a short example from the algorithmicx documentation (with a pseudocode for loop added):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm}% http://ctan.org/pkg/algorithm
\usepackage{algpseudocode}% http://ctan.org/pkg/algorithmicx
\begin{document}
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{Euclid’s algorithm}\label{euclid}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\Procedure{Euclid}{$a,b$}\Comment{The g.c.d. of a and b}
\State $r\gets a\bmod b$
\While{$r\not=0$}\Comment{We have the answer if r is 0}
\State $a\gets b$
\State $b\gets r$
\State $r\gets a\bmod b$
\EndWhile\label{euclidendwhile}
\For{\texttt{<some condition>}}
\State \texttt{<do stuff>}
\EndFor
\State \textbf{return} $b$\Comment{The gcd is b}
\EndProcedure
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
\end{document}


The algorithms bundle supplied the algorithm floating environment.

Alternatively, the de-facto program typesetting package is listings. The examples, usage and language support is vast. An abundance of examples is contained within the listings documentation.

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