# Define variables in a column

I am having trouble aligning/setting up my variable definitions in my paper. I have attached a picture of my current results.

So this is a two column paper and the results I have shown go in one column. Notice that the spacings are not aligned. The latex code that I have written is the following

Any help in getting everything lined up correctly would be greatly appreciated.

Andrew

• Welcome to the site. Please add the code so that we can copy paste and test. Make it compilable too (starting from \documentclass{}... and ending at \end{document}. You can use a tabular for this job. – user11232 Sep 2 '15 at 5:43

% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}

\begin{document}
\noindent
where for (1)--(4)
\begin{tabbing}
\hspace{2cm} \= \hspace{3cm} \kill
$P(t),Q(t)$ \> current time measure.....\\
$V(t),F(t)$ \> current time measure.....\\
\end{tabbing}
or alternatively\par\noindent
\begin{tabular}{@{}>{$}l<{$}l}
P(t),Q(t) & current time measure.....\\
V(t),F(t) & current time measure.....\\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


Or you use some package like nomencl or glossaries for things like this.