Latex Error Classes

Ambiguous Errors
This is a list of error classes with ambiguos error messages. Here either the errors are have different causes and the message output is same or else the errors have the same root cause but the messages are different.
S.No Cause of Error Usage of \\ at the end of a long label in 1 e_des 'description' environment Usage of \\ after the heading line in 'center' 2 e_center environment Usage of a fragile command 'footnote' within 3 e_foot ! Argument of \@sect has an extra } \section ! Argument of \@caption has an Usage of \\ within \raggedright or \raggedleft 4 e_ragged extra } environment ! Extra alignment tab has been Too many &s in a row of a table or array or 5 e_and changed to \cr eqnarray. ! Extra alignment tab has been 6 e_cline Reference no non existing column in \cline changed to \cr ! Extra alignment tab has been 7 e_col Usage @ in tabular* environment changed to \cr. 8 e_num ! Missing number treated as zero Usage of non numeric parameter after \\ 9 e_asterisk Missing * at the end of the line * is not printed when used without brace after \\ 10 e_pbox_miss ! Missing number, treated as zero. \parbox[t]{} ..Missing argument to parbox 11 e_mis_circle ! Missing number, treated as zero. Missing numeric parameter to \circle ! Argument of \lst@next has an extra Usage of 1stlisting inside fragile command 12 e_list } \parbox ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry Usage of 1stlisting inside fragile command 13 e_capacity [input stack size=1500] \parbox Generally because of missing braces, e.g 14 e_runaway Runaway argument? \cline{1-2 instead of \cline{1-2} Usage of verbatim within scope of another 15 e_verbatim Runaway argument? command e.g: \ifthenelse 16 e_undefined ! Undefined control sequence Usage of an unknown command 17 e_footnote ! Undefined control sequence Usage of \footnote within \footnote 18 e_integral ! Missing { inserted. Integral bounds are malformed 19 e_zeta ! Missing { inserted. Extra subscript before integral upper limit term ! Illegal unit of measure (pt 20 e_bezier inserted). Missing numeric argument to \qbezier 21 e_too_bezier 22 e_unit ! Illegal unit of measure (pt Too many arguments to \qbezier inserted). ! Illegal unit of measure (pt inserted) \parbox[t]{2} ..Illegal unit of second parameter Class Error Message ! LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end ! LaTeX Error: There's no line here to end

23 e_symfoot

! LaTeX Error: Counter too large.

24 e_large_count ! LaTeX Error: Counter too large. 25 e_begin 26 e_margin ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document} ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

More than 9 footnotes when using symbolic footnotes Trying to display a corresponding letter for a counter vallue >26 Either text has been placed before \begin{document} or \begin{document} is missing Misuse of \marginsize

Common Errors
S.No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Class e_fileEnd e_end e_illegal e_tab e_backslash e_delimiter e_right e_package e_math Error Message ! File ended while scanning use of \end. No message only an asterisk, i.e * LaTeX Error: Illegal character in array arg ! Misplaced alignment tab character & ! Missing \endcsname inserted ! LaTeX Error: Bad math environment delimiter ! Extra \right Cause of Error Generally caused because of missing a brace Missing \end{document} Usage of a letter other than r,l and c in tabular environment Missing \begin{tabular} while using tabular environment Usage of a backslash in front of the name of an environment, e.g \begin{\itemize} Missing \right immediately after the array environment \right has no matching \left OR \end{array} is missing

10 e_parameter 11 e_cmd 12 e_caption 13 e_braces 14 e_parbox 15 e_item 16 e_fraction 17 e_verb

! LaTeX Error: Can only be used Usage of \usepackage outside the preamble in preamble Missing a starting or ending $ in Math mode, e.g ! Missing $ inserted m_e instead of $m_e$ Usage of parameter number greater than the ! Illegal parameter number in number of parameters defined in \newcommand, definition of... e.g \newcommand{\test}[1]{#3} ! LaTeX Error: Command ... Trying to define already existing command, e.g already defined \newcommand{\time} ! LaTeX Error: \caption outside \caption{...} used outside table environment float ! Too many }'s Missing \begin{table}statement ! Argument of \@caption has an Usage of \parbox in a \caption extra } ! LaTeX Error: Something's Missing \item within enumerate environment wrong--perhaps a missing \item ! Argument of \end has an extra Misuse of fraction cmd e.g \frac{1,2} } ! LaTeX Error: \verb ended by end of line Newline after \verb, e.g. \verb*dir*

18 e_invalid 19 e_equation 20 e_column 21 e_subscript 22 e_cls 23 e_nofile 24 e_sty 25 e_doc_class 26 e_circle 27 e_picture 28 e_line 29 e_line_arg 30 e_counter 31 e_outer 32 e_minipage 33 e_lost 34 e_lonely 35 e_parg 36 e_hash 37 e_enlarge 38 e_deftab 39 e_pushtab 40 e_overtab 41 e_nest

! LaTeX Error: Command \end{itemize} invalid in math mode ! Display math should end with $$ ! Misplaced \omit ! Double subscript. ! LaTeX Error: File `artcle.cls' not found. ! LaTeX Error: File `file1.tex' not found. ! LaTeX Error: File `anysize1.sty' not found ! LaTeX Error: Can be used only in preamble. ! LaTeX Error: Command \circle invalid in math mode. ! Use of \pictur@ doesn't match its definition. ! Use of \put dosen't match its definition ! LaTeX Error: Bad \line or \vector argument. ! LaTeX Error: No counter '10' defined. ! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode. ! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode. ! LaTeX Error: Float(s) lost. ! LaTeX Error: Lonely \item-perhaps a missing list environment. ! LaTeX Error: Missing p-arg in array arg. ! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in vertical mode. ! LaTeX Error: Suggested extra height (14454.0pt) dangerously large. ! LaTeX Error: Undefined tab position. ! LaTeX Error: \pushtabs and \poptabs don't match. ! LaTeX Error: Tab overflow. ! LaTeX Error: Too deeply nested.

Missing $ while using math mode in \itemize Usage of $$ inside equation mode Usage of \newcommand and \multicolumn within tabular environment Usage of double subscript Missing .sty or .cls file Missing file1.tex, e.g. \input{file1.tex} Use of unavailable package Usage of \documentclass outside preamble Usage of \circle in math mode Bad parameter to \picture Badly formatted \line directive Bad \line parameter Counter undefined Using figure inside parbox Using figure minipage Counter undefined Usage of \item outside list environment Missing p argument in tabular environment Usage of # in normal mode Too big a number given in \enlargethispage Undefined tabbing Unequal numbers of push and pop tabs Too many \= in tabbing environment Too many list environments

42 e_eqnarray 43 e_classpkg 44 e_load 45 e_require 46 e_twoclass 47 e_font 48 e_superscript 49 e_clash_opt 50 51 52 53

! LaTeX Error: Too many columns in eqnarray environment. ! LaTeX Error: \usepackage before \documentclass. ! LaTeX Error: Two \LoadClass commands. ! LaTeX Error: \RequirePackage or \LoadClass in Options Section. ! LaTeX Error: Two \documentclass or \documentstyle commands. ! LaTeX Error: This NFSS system isn't set up properly. ! Double superscript.

More than three columns in eqnarray Usage of usepackage before loading documentclass More than one load class command RequirePackage may not be used with \DeclareOption More than one documentclass declaration Invalid font used in \DeclareErrorFont Usage of two superscripts for the same variable, e.g. 2^3^4 Clashing options for the same package Unkown option for a package Improper parameter to \hyphenation Overflow of buffer due to mistake in command definition Undefined environment Command \< may appear only at the beginning of a line Usage of \\strut\hrule

! LaTeX Error: Option clash for package csvtools. ! LaTeX Error: Unknown option e_unknown_opt ... for package ... ! Improper \hyphenation will be e_hyphenation flushed. ! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry e_stack_size [main memory size=1000000] ! LaTeX Error: Environment ... e_environment undefined. ! LaTeX Error: \< in mid line Goes into infinite loop

54 e_midline 55 e_infinite