[Tex/LaTex] \hspace is not working after \newline command

line-breakingspacing

I am currently working on my thesis report and would like to add affirmation to it. Following is the minimal code for the same :

\documentclass[]{article}
\begin{document}
\section*{Affirmation}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Affirmation}
\hspace{1cm}something
\vspace{2cm}
\hspace{1cm}city, date \hspace{3cm}\line(1,0){200}
\newline
\hspace{8cm}(name)
\clearpage
\end{document}

It produces the following output The output image

As it can be seen, the (name) should come below the line, But due to some reason the \hspace before (name) isn't working.

Any help would in this regards would be really appreciated.

Best Answer

What your code does

From the unofficial LaTeX reference manual, sec. 20.1:

LaTeX normally removes horizontal space that comes at the beginning or end of a line. To preserve this space, use the optional * form [of \hspace].

So let’s use \hspace* instead:

\documentclass[]{article}
\begin{document}
    \section*{Affirmation}
    \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Affirmation}
    \hspace{1cm}something
    \vspace{2cm}
    \hspace{1cm}city, date \hspace{3cm}\line(1,0){200}
    \newline
    \hspace*{8cm}(name)
    \clearpage
\end{document}

output

What your picture says

The rest of the spacing is pretty different from your output because your screen shot was quite certainly not produced by the code you posted. With a bit of guesswork, I think this is closer to what you intended (note that you have to use the starred version of \hspace in several instances):

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section*{Affirmation}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Affirmation}
\hspace*{1cm}something

\vspace{2cm}

\noindent\hspace*{1cm}city, date \hspace{3cm}\line(1,0){200}
\newline
\noindent\hspace*{8cm}(name)
\end{document}

output

What I would suggest

Taking your layout and thinking about an implementation, I would do something like this, which is cleaner than meddling with a lot of spacing manually:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section*{Affirmation}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Affirmation}

something\\[2cm]
city, date \hfill
\begin{minipage}[t]{7cm}\centering
    \rule{\linewidth}{.5pt}\\
    (name)
\end{minipage}

\end{document}

output

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You should not use that \\ too much. Typically, you should not use it at all in normal text. You have to decide, where a new paragraph starts (blank line in code) and where it shouldn't (no blank line or a %). A new paragraph will always get that indent (in front of "Define the size...") to make that new paragraph visible. If you do not want that in this single case, use \noindent.

The best way would be, to leave the empty lines away, as you do not want to get new paragraphs. This will keep your semantics of your code correct. If you want to get bigger spacing around your listing, it should be the same for every listing. And thus, it has to be defined in the preamble. Please see my MWE:

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Return whether x is a binary list.
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>>> is_b_list(0)
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>>> is_b_list([0, 0])
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>>> is_b_list([[0]])
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%
\begin{enumerate}
    \item Experiment until you find a formula (probably recursive) that computes the number of different binary lists of size $s$. Notice that if you call the formula $C(s$) then $C(0)$ computes $1$ and $(C1)$ also computes $1$.
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\end{document}

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If later on, you decide to change the spacing, you can just redefine aboveskip=10pt or any other measure or leave it away. This could happen if you change your listings style. E.g. to be surrounded by a box or alike. This gives you the maximal flexibility.

NB: I replaced all your blank lines by % as it seems to be one big paragraph. You should play around with these (delete one by one) in order to see what is happening. E.g. the spacing in front of your enumeration was too big (suggesting that this was not the start of a new paragraph).

Best Answer

What your code does

What your picture says

What I would suggest

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