I'm just beginning to learn how to use latex and I already ran into a little bind. I've been using the Latex Document wiki as my guide. The editor I'm writing the typesetting in is TeXworks. So here is my code:
\documentclass[11pt, a4paper]{report}
\begin{document}
\title{it's so hard out here}
\author{your main man}
\date
\maketitle
\begin{abstract}
i'll start that right here
\end{abstract}
now it is time to g et to typesetting effectively
\end{document}
Now the problem I'm having is that my title information is not showing up when I convert to a pdf. Did I do something wrong?
Best Answer
\date
needs an argument, i.e. a date, 'enclosed' with a{}
pair. If this is not prevalent,\date
uses the next token it can find, i.e.\maketitle
in the OP's post. This is bad of course, as\date
itself is not used as long\maketitle
is not issued.Principally,
\date
is not necessary at all if the current date is requested. (\maketitle
uses\today
then)