I have the following code in my Beamer slide code:
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{selections}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
sample 1 &
\begin{minipage}{3in}
\begin{verbatim}
sample 2
\end{verbatim}
\end{minipage}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{frame}
When I try to compile, it breaks with the following error:
Runaway argument?
sample 2 \end {verbatim} \end {minipage}\\ \end {tabular}
! Paragraph ended before \verbatim@ was complete.
<to be read again>
\par
l.965 \end{frame}
?
I'm not sure what's wrong. Could anyone offer me guidance?
\begin{frame}[fragile]
(untested as you didn't provide a complete example).