Cfrgtkky

How can I stop lines of my algorithm to be overflowing as shown in the picture below, I would like to break the lines that are too long into 2 lines and just go down to the next line if one line cannot fit in the column .

 begin{algorithm}

caption{Iterative Process}

begin{algorithmic}[1]

    raggedright    



STATE  $OwnerClassPrediction()$

    STATE {iteration}=1

    STATE {Predictions(iteration-1)}=methodTraceList.predictions

    STATE {Predictions(iteration)}=$emptyset$

    WHILE {$Predictions(iteration) neq Predictions(iteration-1)$}    





    STATE$Predictions(iteration)$=SurroundednessPurePattern($Predictions(iteration)$); 

    STATE$Predictions(iteration)$=SurroundednessMixedPattern($Predictions(iteration)$); 

    STATE $Predictions(iteration)$=InheritanceInterfacesPattern($Predictions(iteration)$); 

    STATE $Predictions(iteration)$=AllCallersPattern($Predictions(iteration)$); 

    STATE $Predictions(iteration)$=AllCalleesPattern($Predictions(iteration)$); 

    STATE{iteration}++;        

    ENDWHILE

end{algorithmic}

label{alg:MYALG}
end{algorithm}

You're using math mode incorrectly, and therefore TeX has no idea where a good line break should be placed despite using raggedright. Below I've formatted the equations in the proper way, allowing for a line break to be placed around a relation (like =). I've also added some formatting style that should make your code more readable.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{algorithm,algorithmic}



newcommand{var}{textit}

newcommand{proc}{textbf}

newcommand{prop}{texttt}

newcommand{plusplus}{{+}{+}}% Other options: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/4302/5764



begin{document}



begin{algorithm}

  caption{Iterative Process}

  begin{algorithmic}[1]

    raggedright

    STATE proc{OwnerClassPrediction}()

    STATE $var{iteration} = 1$

    STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration} - 1) = prop{methodTraceList.predictions}$

    STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = emptyset$

    WHILE{$proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) neq proc{Predictions}(var{iteration} - 1)$}

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = proc{SurroundednessPurePattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = proc{SurroundednessMixedPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = proc{InheritanceInterfacesPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = proc{AllCallersPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = proc{AllCalleesPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $var{iteration}plusplus$

    ENDWHILE

  end{algorithmic}

end{algorithm}



end{document}

I don't really enjoy the indentation associated with the automatic line breaks from raggedright. You could consider manually breaking the content and inserting some indentation (quad) manually.

documentclass{article}



usepackage{algorithm,algorithmic}



newcommand{var}{textit}

newcommand{proc}{textbf}

newcommand{prop}{texttt}

newcommand{plusplus}{{+}{+}}% Other options: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/4302/5764



begin{document}



begin{algorithm}

  caption{Iterative Process}

  begin{algorithmic}[1]

    STATE proc{OwnerClassPrediction}()

    STATE $var{iteration} = 1$

    STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration} - 1) = prop{methodTraceList.predictions}$

    STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = emptyset$

    WHILE{$proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) neq proc{Predictions}(var{iteration} - 1)$}

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = {}$ \

        quad $proc{SurroundednessPurePattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = {}$ \

        quad $proc{SurroundednessMixedPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = {}$ \

        quad $proc{InheritanceInterfacesPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = {}$ \

        quad $proc{AllCallersPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}) = {}$ \

        quad $proc{AllCalleesPattern}(proc{Predictions}(var{iteration}))$

      STATE $var{iteration}plusplus$

    ENDWHILE

  end{algorithmic}

end{algorithm}



end{document}