Verbatim inside a command

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I have a question about a Verbatim, I want to write a word inside of the subsubsection title. I got an error. How can I fix it?: \subsubsection{The \verb+@interface+ Section}

Related: How to put \verb command inside of \textbf{} block? — Werner, Nov 23 '12 at 03:21
For simple spells like @interfcae I'd just write \subsubsection{The \texttt{@interface} Section}. When the spells have braces({}) in them, just escape them:{or}`. — , Nov 23 '12 at 04:09
Thanks to all for your helping. The type of document that I write is a report; I tried with all methods, but the only one that works for me is the \texttt{}, although I use the cprotectand fancyvrb packages. — Isai, Nov 23 '12 at 04:13
(the 2 questions are really exactly identical, not just "related". it's interesting how the (question, top answer) has the exact same number of votes though) — user202729, Apr 03 '22 at 08:00

score 23 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 30 '22 at 18:21

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Use the cprotect package:

\usepackage{cprotect}% http://ctan.org/pkg/cprotect
...
\cprotect\subsubsection{The \verb+@interface+ Section}

However, consider reading through the informative TeX FAQ entry: Why doesn’t verbatim work within …? In particular, other alternatives like \texttt{...} also exist and are far more manageable. Even in your case, using

\subsubsection{The \texttt{@interface} Section}

works as-is.

edited Sep 30 '22 at 18:21

barbara beeton

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answered Nov 23 '12 at 03:20

Werner

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Tip: if the command contains non-letter characters, enclose it inside curly braces, e.g., \cprotect{\section*}{\verb"@ interface"}. – Eli4ph Apr 14 '22 at 08:55

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 23 '12 at 03:26

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The standard \verb command cannot be used in the argument of other commands. You can use \Verb from the fancyvrb package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fancyvrb}

\begin{document}

\subsubsection{The \protect\Verb+@interface+ Section}

\end{document}

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answered Nov 23 '12 at 03:26

Gonzalo Medina

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While this works, it still doesn't allow for adding special characters in the argument to \Verb, so the simpler \texttt might be better. – egreg Nov 24 '12 at 10:48
There's also \lstinline which does allow adding special characters, but in an inconvenient syntax. (mentioned in https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/152412/250119 ) – user202729 Mar 30 '22 at 13:46

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