Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ array | New Column Types for a Table

[Third Joker]

Hello everyone !

Does anyone knows why the following code isn't working ?

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\newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\raggedleft}p{#1}}
\newcolumntype{N}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}}

\begin{tabular}{|M{5cm}|N{4cm}|N{4cm}|}
\hline
  3  &  & \\ \hline
  3  & 4 & \\ \hline
  3& 4 & 5\\ \hline %error
\end{tabular}

The first two lines of the table works well, but once I write a value in the third cell, I get this error.

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! Misplaced \noalign.

Does anyone know how to fix that ?

Thanks!
TJ

[localghost]

The manual of the array package points out that you have to restore the meaning of \\ in the last column or use \tabularnewline. The declaration of the new column type has to read like this.

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\newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
\newcolumntype{N}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{#1}}

If that doesn't help, kindly provide a minimal example to avoid random shots and guesswork.


Thorsten

[hpesoj626]

Include \arraybackslash after \raggedleft and \raggedright. Below is a full minimal working example incorporating your code snippet. Please include something like this in future posts.

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{array}
   \newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
    \newcolumntype{N}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tabular}{|M{5cm}|N{4cm}|N{4cm}|}
    \hline
             3  &  & \\ \hline
             3  & 4 & \\ \hline
             3  & 4 & 5\\ \hline %error
    \end{tabular}
\end{document}

I hope this helps.

[Third Joker]

It works perfectly fine with the addition of \arraybackslash. Thank's a lot !!