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I have the following code that generated error

! LaTeX Error: Something's wrong--perhaps a missing \item.
l.193     \STATE
             \label{alg:line3}Sort NGs in CDR in ascending order based o...

\usepackage[noend]{algorithmic}
\usepackage{algorithm}
{\scriptsize
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{An Algorithm}
\label{alg1}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\REQUIRE a set of candidate data records $CDRs$
\ENSURE a set of re-segmented data records $DRs$
\STATE \label{alg:line1}Sort CDRs in ascending order based on their vertical positions
\FOR\label{alg:line2}{each CDR $\in$ CDRs}
    %the error happened at the following line 
    \STATE \label{alg:line3}Sort NGs in CDR in ascending order based on their vertical positions
%some other code
}

so I am wondering how to solve the issue.

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You have the wrong syntax in the \FOR line:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\usepackage{algorithmic}

\begin{document}

\begin{algorithm}
\caption{An Algorithm}
\label{alg1}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\REQUIRE a set of candidate data records $CDRs$
\ENSURE a set of re-segmented data records $DRs$
\STATE \label{alg:line1}Sort CDRs in ascending order based on their vertical positions
\FOR{each CDR $\in$ CDRs}\label{alg:line2}
    \STATE \label{alg:line3}Sort NGs in CDR in ascending order based on their vertical positions
\ENDFOR
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

Reference to FOR: \ref{alg:line2}

Reference to first STATE: \ref{alg:line1}

Reference to second STATE: \ref{alg:line3}

\end{document}

The argument to \FOR must follow immediately the command, the \label should go after it.

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