# Undefined control sequence \State \For \While

I am trying to write a pseudo code in MiKTeX. I have used \usepackage{algorithm} \usepackage{algorithmic} but I get:

Undefined control sequence' for every structure (\State, \While, \For, \If).

\begin{algorithm}
\caption{PSO}
\label{pseudoPSO}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\State Initialize a population of particles with random values positions and velocities from \textit{D} dimensions in the search space
\WHILE{Termination condition not reached}
\For{ Each particle \textit{i}}
\State Adapt velocity of the particle using Equation \ref{eq:1}
\State Update the position of the particle using Equation \ref{eq:2}
\State Evaluate the fitness {$f(\overrightarrow{X}_i)$}
\If{f(\overrightarrow{X}_i)<f(\overrightarrow{P}_i)\end    {equation}
\overrightarrow{P}_i \gets \overrightarrow{X}_i
\EndIf
\If{$$f(\overrightarrow{X}_i)<f(\overrightarrow{P}_g)$$
$$\overrightarrow{P}_g \gets \overrightarrow{X}_i$$
\EndIf
\EndFor
\ENDWHILE
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}


You're loading algorithmic, but using the syntax of algpseudocode.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm,algpseudocode}
\begin{document}
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{PSO}
\label{pseudoPSO}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\State Initialize a population of particles with random values positions
and velocities from \textit{D} dimensions in the search space
\While{Termination condition not reached}
\For{Each particle $i$}
\State Adapt velocity of the particle using Equation \ref{eq:1}
\State Update the position of the particle using Equation \ref{eq:2}
\State Evaluate the fitness {$f(\overrightarrow{X}_i)$}
\If{$f(\overrightarrow{X}_i)<f(\overrightarrow{P}_i)$}
\State $\overrightarrow{P}_i \gets \overrightarrow{X}_i$
\EndIf
\If{$f(\overrightarrow{X}_i)<f(\overrightarrow{P}_g)$}
\State $\overrightarrow{P}_g \gets \overrightarrow{X}_i$
\EndIf
\EndFor
\EndWhile
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
\end{document}


It doesn't make much sense using equation inside an algorithm, especially in the argument of \If. Note that \WHILE and \ENDWHILE should be \While and \EndWhile.

• Works perfectly now, thank you. I used equation when trying to get rid of the errors. – Alexandru Cimpanu Mar 22 '14 at 16:11
• The above code is generating \caption outside float. \caption, at the 5th line. – Guru Swaroop Jul 2 '16 at 5:57
• @GuruSwaroop I tried it again and it runs without problems. – egreg Jul 2 '16 at 7:15
• @erreg Can you help me with this issue : tex.stackexchange.com/questions/317611/… – Guru Swaroop Jul 2 '16 at 7:23
• @GuruSwaroop I get no error with that code either. – egreg Jul 2 '16 at 7:24