General ⇒ Dealing with errors...

[Diana1979]

I am a complete new beginner in LaTeX for the past four months.
I still face the problem in dealing with errors and don't know how to solve in. I really need help of expertice.

My errors are:

1) Missing \endcsname inserted

2) LaTeX Error : There's no line here to end.

Thank you..

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Diana1979,

welcome to the LaTeX Community board!

1) may happen if you write a command as part of an environment or counter.

2) perhaps you write \\ (or \newline) but at this place there's no \\ allowed. Remove the \\ or try it with inserting ~ directly before: text~\\

In general it would be better if you show us the code that produces the error plus the error message. Especially concerning 1) I cannot give more help if you don't show us the code line that produces this error (even better: some lines before and after).

Stefan

[Diana1979]

Thanks Stefan, now I understand. Its really help me a lot.

One more question, about citing a website in BIBTEX. Some of the errors below, came out. And I had problem to solve it.

1) LaTeX Error : The font s size command \normalsize is not defined:

2) ! Undefined control sequence
1.2 \biddata

3) ! Undefined control sequence.
1.12 address = "\url{http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/ccvi/pub/manuscript/Secada-TeachingMathToLEPStudents.html}",

4) ! Undefined control sequence
1.21 address = “\url{http://eprints.utm.my/1507/1/KERTASINT.pdf}”,

5) ! Undefined control sequence.
1.44 address = “\url{http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true\&db=ehh\&AN=25441115\&site=ehost-live}”,

6) ! Undefined control sequence.
1.57 address = "\url{http://www.davidenglishhouse.com/journalpdfs/vol5no2/features/fall2004hashim.pdf}",

Thanks you. I really appreciate your help.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Diana,

I will quote and comment:

1) LaTeX Error : The font s size command \normalsize is not defined:

Maybe you forgot the command \documentclass at the beginning. Cited from the UK TeX FAQ: "The font size command \normalsize is not defined: there is probably something wrong with the class file." is reporting something pretty fundamental (document base font size not set up). While this can, as the message implies, be due to a broken class file, the more common cause is that you have simply forgotten to put a \documentclass command in your document.

2) ! Undefined control sequence
1.2 \biddata

The command \biddata is not defined. Perhaps you mean \bibdata instead.

3) ! Undefined control sequence.
1.12 address = "\url{http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/ccvi/pub/manuscript/Secada-TeachingMathToLEPStudents.html}",

write into the preamble of your document: \usepackage{url}

The other error messages are the same like 3).

Stefan

[Diana1979]

Thanks for your advice. It really helps me a lot....

A part from that... I faced another problem and I would like to ask your opinion about my bib file that I enclose here.

After I run, this error came out..

1) ! File ended while scanning use of \@argdef.
<inserted text>
\par

<*>….ngs/Nordiana/My*Documents/master1/diana.bib

2) ! Emergency stop.
<*>….ngs/Nordiana/My*Documents/master1/diana.bib

I just copy and paste the command that you gave to Gopal in the topic: problem with natbib.

Is it we must wrote such command in the bib file???

Thanks a lot Stefan.. I'm now having fun doing work in LaTeX...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Diana,

please show the lines of code that cause this error. Perhaps its just a closing brace missing.

Stefan

[Diana1979]

Thanks Stefan..
I'm now attach my bib file.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Diana,

the bib file is not yet attached.

Stefan