Is it possible to write algorithms in LaTeX?

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How to present a vertical multiplication/addition

Like, for example:

  9
+ 8
---
 17

Is this possible? Is there a specific LaTeX thingy (like \frac), or is custom markup needed?

Will this previous question help you? http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11702/how-to-present-a-vertical-multiplication — hpesoj626, Dec 29 '12 at 00:01

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '12 at 00:10

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Even though you might have found your answer in the comments, here how you could use the xlop package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xlop}

\begin{document}
\opadd{9}{8}
\end{document}

Which will result in:

Output

answered Dec 29 '12 at 00:10

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