Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ longtable doesn't page break with \newline

[niotio910]

Hi,

I'm building a table like this with longtable:

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 ________
| A | B  |
|--------|
|A1 | B1 |
|   | B1 |
|   | B1 |
|   | B1 |
|   |... |
 --------

Here is the code:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{longtable}

\begin{document}

{\centering
\begin{longtable}{|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|}
\hline

A & B\\

\hline

A1
& 
B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\\

\hline
\end{longtable}
}
\end{document}

The problem is the table isn't spited to a new page.

Many thanks for your help!

[meho_r]

You really should go back and read again replies to your another question.

[niotio910]

You really should go back and read again replies to your another question.

Hi meho_r because I felt that this is another help
Could you please help me out here?

[meho_r]

Well, in that another thread I emphasized that the break is possible only between rows (\newline doesn't create a new row, but create a new line inside the existing table cell). So, AFAIK, you cannot get longtable to make the break after \newline, only after \\. Because of that I told you earlier that you may consider using a new row for every new data that need to go in a new line, because this way you'll give LaTeX more rows and more options for a good break. You'll simply have to improvise in some cases and mix both options. So, instead of this:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{longtable}

\begin{document}

{\centering
\begin{longtable}{|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|}
\hline

A & B\\

\hline

A1
& 
B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\newline B1\\

\hline
\end{longtable}
}
\end{document}

try using this:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

{\centering
\begin{longtable}{|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|}
\hline

A & B\\

\hline

A1
 & B1\\
 & B1\\
 & B1\\
 & B1\\
 & B1\\

\hline
\end{longtable}
}
\end{document}

[niotio910]

So how does it work with 3 columns? I guess we have change &B1\\&B1\\ to &B1\newline B1\newline... & C1\\

But then longtable doesn't break the page if we have "Long B1"

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    \documentclass[a4paper]{report}
    \usepackage{longtable}
    \usepackage{multirow}

    \begin{document}

    {\centering
    \begin{longtable}{|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|}
    \hline

    A & B & C\\

    \hline

    A1
    & B1\newline 
      B1\newline 
      B1\newline 
      B1\newline 
      B1\newline
      ...
    & C1\\
    \hline
    \end{longtable}
    }
    \end{document}

[meho_r]

No, it does not do the break of a long entry because you used \newline again (which means all text is still in the same cell, and the same row, not in separate rows, and longtable breaks the text only between rows, not inside them). Again, use \\:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{report}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

{\centering
\begin{longtable}{|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|}

\hline

A & B & C\\

\hline

A1 & B1 & C1\\
 & B1 & \\
 & B1 & \\
 & B1 & \\
 & B1 & \\
 & ...  &\\

\hline

\end{longtable}
}
\end{document}

[niotio910]

Alright, I got it.
Thanks!