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I wanted to know how to change the comment style in the algorithm2e package. I want to make my comments of a smaller font and a different color:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{color}
\usepackage[linesnumbered,ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}

\begin{document}

\begin{algorithm}[H]
\DontPrintSemicolon
\CommentSty{\color{blue}}
  \KwData{Training set $x$}
  $\Delta_{ji}^l := 0$ \tcp*{will be used to compute $\partial x$}
  \tcc{iterate over all training examples}
\caption{Example code}
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}
ahmadh
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2 Answers2

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You need to define a command with an argument giving the font specification and then use the name of this command in the argument for \SetCommentSty:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[linesnumbered,ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}
\newcommand\mycommfont[1]{\footnotesize\ttfamily\textcolor{blue}{#1}}
\SetCommentSty{mycommfont}

\begin{document}

\begin{algorithm}[H]
\DontPrintSemicolon
  \KwData{Training set $x$}
  $\Delta_{ji}^l := 0$ \tcp*{will be used to compute $\partial x$}
  \tcc{iterate over all training examples}
\caption{Example code}
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}

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Gonzalo Medina
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    Hi @GonzaloMedina, when I try \tcp it adds a new line after the code comment, so my code skips a line. Why is this? I am using algorithm2e and the line looks like: set $cost\_vector \; \vv{c_{p,v}} = \left\lbrace \right\rbrace$\tcp*{will be used to compute $\partial x$}\; – Dhruv Ghulati Sep 09 '16 at 16:20
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    How to reduce space between examples and */? – Dr.PB Jul 01 '17 at 10:16
  • (for reference: The commenter above ask a follow-up question on how to reduce space before */) – user202729 Jun 14 '22 at 11:33
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This answer is similar to the one provided by @GonzaloMedina with space adjusted within comments.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[linesnumbered,ruled,vlined]{algorithm2e}
\newcommand\mycommfont[1]{\footnotesize\ttfamily\textcolor{blue}{#1}}
\SetCommentSty{mycommfont}

\begin{document}

\begin{algorithm}[h]
\DontPrintSemicolon
\SetAlgoLined
\SetNoFillComment
\LinesNotNumbered 
%\SetSideCommentLeft
\tcc{iterate over all training examples}
 \KwData{this text}
 \KwResult{how to write algorithm with \LaTeX2e }
 initialization\;
 \While{not at end of this document}{
  read current \tcp*[l]{will be used to compute $\partial x$}
  \eIf{understand}{
   go to next section \tcp*{will be used to compute $\partial x$}
   current section becomes this one\;
   }{
   go back to the beginning of current section\;
  }
 }
 \caption{How to write algorithms}
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}

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Erman
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