Wrap text around pseudocode

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I use algorithm/algorithmic packages to write some pseudocode. The width of the box spans across the entire page and I was wondering if there is any way to constrain it (since the actual code doesn't exceed the mid of the page). Practically, I want to wrap text around my pseudocode.

ps: I tried wrapfig package, but I had some problems. Would be also helpful if anyone could verify whether this approach works.

Any ideas ?

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score 19 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 12 '11 at 11:00

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You can put the algorithm inside of a minipage, put that inside of the wrapfigure, and it should work like a charm.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
  \lipsum[1]
  \begin{wrapfigure}{L}{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
      \begin{algorithm}[H]
        \caption{assignment algorithm}
        \begin{algorithmic}
          \STATE i $\leftarrow$ j
        \end{algorithmic}
      \end{algorithm}
    \end{minipage}
  \end{wrapfigure}
  \lipsum
\end{document}

And the result:

Wrapped algorithm

You might want to tweak the alignment modifier on the minipage to get vertical alignment to work out a little better. Alternatively, you can play with the optionial lineheight of wrapfigure.

answered Dec 12 '11 at 11:00

Roelof Spijker

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Could one modify this to work with Algorithm2e? – JeremyKun May 07 '15 at 17:39
@JeremyKun A bit late, but for me it works with Algorithm2e – johannesack Sep 06 '20 at 19:10
Worked for me, but I needed just \begin{minipage} rather than \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}, or else the width was 0.5*0.5 the page width, rather than just 0.5. – eric.mitchell Aug 31 '21 at 19:14

Mahmoud Elfar · Answer 2 · 2018-04-29T04:12:23.120

You can achieve the same result using algorithm2e package and without minipage.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[ruled]{algorithm2e}
\begin{document}
  \lipsum[1]
  \begin{wrapfigure}[6]{L}{0.5\textwidth} %<-- Wrapfigure covers 6 lines
      \begin{algorithm}[H]                %<-- Remove float environment
        \SetCustomAlgoRuledWidth{0.45\textwidth}  %<-- For aesthetics  
        \caption{assignment algorithm}
           i $\leftarrow$ j
      \end{algorithm}
  \end{wrapfigure}
  \lipsum
\end{document}

Wrap text around pseudocode

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