Change name in pseudocode

Question

I am writing my code in pseudocode package and I would need to change the name "Algorithm" to "Algoritmus".

Is there any possibility how to do this in this package? I have found it just for package algorithm, but I have everything written and I don't want to change my whole work to different environment.

Thank you for any help.

Possible duplicates: Change name of algorithm; How to change the name of document elements like "Figure", "Contents", "Bibliography", "Appendix", etc.? — Werner, Apr 24 '17 at 22:11
@Werner It doesn't seem to be a duplicate as the issues are particular to this package — David Carlisle, Apr 24 '17 at 22:19
@DavidCarlisle: True. Read "possible duplicates" as "related". :-| — Werner, Apr 24 '17 at 22:20
@AboAmmar that says how to redefine \ALG@name which won't help here, — David Carlisle, Apr 24 '17 at 22:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '17 at 22:17

packages should use \xxxname commands for fixed strings so that they can be easily changed as you request but unfortunately this uses the fixed text in the middle of a large command setup.

However you can patch the definition as follows

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{pseudocode}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\expandafter\patchcmd\csname\string\pseudocode\endcsname{Algorithm}{Algoritmus}{\typeout{good}}{\typeout{bad}}
\expandafter\patchcmd\csname\string\pseudocode\endcsname{Algorithm}{Algoritmus}{\typeout{good}}{\typeout{bad}}
\begin{document}

\begin{pseudocode}{a}{b}

\end{pseudocode}

\end{document}

\xpatchcmd{\pseudocode}{Algorithm}{Algoritmus}{}{} is easier, with \xpatch. Nice package, isn't it? — egreg, Apr 24 '17 at 22:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '17 at 23:08

David's patch is good, but it can be largely improved, for instance making the name language aware and adding easy support for changing the formatting of the header.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english,czech]{babel}

\usepackage{pseudocode}
\usepackage{xpatch}

% fix the bad code in pseudocode.sty
\xpatchcmd\pseudocode{\bfseries Algorithm }{\algorithmheadformat\algorithmname\ }{}{}
\xpatchcmd\pseudocode{\bfseries Algorithm }{\algorithmheadformat\algorithmname\ }{}{}
\providecommand{\algorithmname}{Algorithm}
\providecommand{\algorithmheadformat}{\bfseries}
% end of fix

\addto\captionsczech{\renewcommand{\algorithmname}{Algoritmus}}
\addto\captionsenglish{\renewcommand{\algorithmname}{Algorithm}}
\renewcommand{\algorithmheadformat}{\scshape}

\begin{document}

\begin{pseudocode}{CelsiusToFahrenheit}{c}
  f \GETS {9c/5} + 32\\
  \RETURN{f}
\end{pseudocode}

\selectlanguage{english}

\begin{pseudocode}{CelsiusToFahrenheit}{c}
  f \GETS {9c/5} + 32\\
  \RETURN{f}
\end{pseudocode}

\end{document}

I added \renewcommand{\algorithmheadformat}{\scshape} just by way of example.

Change name in pseudocode

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