[Tex/LaTex] define a newcommand that will put text in verbatim

macrosverbatim

For making a report of my work, I am facing a problem of writing varbatim too frequently. So, I need a workout.
Say, I define a newcommand as (for example)

\newcommand{\uve}{\textbf{In verbatim}}  %there must be something more

now, if I invoke

\uve <some text>

the effect should be as

\textbf{in verbatim}
\begin{verbatim}
<some text>
\end{verbatim}

I tried using

\providecommand{\uve}[1]{\\\textbf{In Verbatim:~}\begin{verbatim}{#1}\end{verbatim}}

and failed, with error:
Runaway argument?

{/}\end {verbatim}<some text>^^M\stat Complete\ETC.
! File ended while scanning use of \@xverbatim.
<inserted text>

Kindly help.

Edit after 3 comments
For my present purpose, \verb is sufficient. but, I need to define an environment (sorry, not a command as I put in OP) that will give me:

\begin{verbenv}
 some text
\end{verbenv}

will directly give me:

**In verbatim:** Some text

Best Answer

Just define a new environment. The simplest way is with the verbatim package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{verbatim}
\newenvironment{inverb}
 {\par\addvspace{\topsep}\noindent\textbf{In verbatim}\nopagebreak
  \verbatim}
 {\endverbatim}

\begin{document}

Something before
\begin{inverb}
some text
\end{inverb}
Something after

\end{document}

With fancyvrb you can do more customizations.

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We recently considered adding some support for verbatim arguments to xparse. Starting from roughly 15/08/2011 (on the svn, not yet on CTAN), you can define a command with any combination of optional, mandatory and verbatim arguments. Each command defined with xparse has an argument signature which indicates what kind of argument it expects (the most common are m for normal mandatory argument, o for optional, s, for an optional star). With the new argument type, for instance, \verb would have a signature {sv}: an optional star followed by a verbatim argument.

For your case, I think a good idea is to give the signature { O{} +v O{} +v } to \codeListing:

#1, optional argument = options given to the first listing (default empty);
#2, verbatim argument = contents of the first listing;
#3, optional argument = options given to the second listing (default empty);
#4, verbatim argument = contents of the second listing;

The + mean that the next argument is "long". For non-verbatim arguments, this means that they may contain more than one paragraph. For verbatim arguments, it currently means that they may contain line-breaks, contrarily to the normal \verb command.

[Apart from the use of xparse, I based the example on Mike Renfro's answer.]

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xparse}
\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewDocumentCommand {\codeListing} { O{} +v O{} +v }
  {
    \begin{table}[h]\centering
      \begin{tabular}[width=\textwidth]{ll}
        \newlinechar=\endlinechar
        \exp_args:Nx \scantokens
          {
            \string\begin{lstlisting}[\unexpanded{#1}]
              #2
            \string\end{lstlisting}
            &
            \string\begin{lstlisting}[\unexpanded{#3}]
              #4
            \string\end{lstlisting}
          }
      \end{tabular}
    \end{table}
  }
\ExplSyntaxOff
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{listings}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1]

\codeListing[language=C,backgroundcolor=\color{yellow!30}]$
#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
  printf("Hello world\n");
  return 0;
}
$[language=C++,backgroundcolor=\color{red!20}]$
#include <iostream>

using namespace std;
int main()
{
  cout << "Hello World!" << endl;
  return 0;
}
$

\lipsum[2]

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] newcommand for verbatim

If you want a simple implementation, go with

\newcommand[1]{{\small\texttt{#1}}}

If you want more detailed control, you should go with fancyvrb or minted packages.

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