Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Error using siunitx

[luis]

Dear all,

I'm trying to align numbers in a table using siunitx. With this small example:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{siunitx}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{S[table-format=3.2]}% syntax for siunitx v2; for v1 use "tabformat"
555 \\
7.77 \\
99.9
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

I'm getting this output:

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$ pdflatex numbers.tex 
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./numbers.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, lo
aded.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (./siunitx.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amstext.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/amsmath/amsgen.sty))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/array.sty)
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/etex-pkg/etex.sty)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/pgf/utilities/pgfkeys.sty
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeys.code.tex
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/pgf/utilities/pgfkeysfiltered.code.tex))))
(./numbers.aux) (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/ts1cmr.fd)

! Package siunitx Error: Unknown option `table-format'.

See the siunitx package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
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l.7 5
     55 \\
? 

I have also tried with tabformat in place of table-format, but the result is the same.

Am I missing something? Beyond siunitx, is there any other package that does the same?

Thank you.

[cgnieder]

The example works fine as you can verify yourself by clicking on the OPEN IN WRITELATEX button right above your MWE.

You're probably using an out of date version of siunitx which is too old and hence doesn't recognize the option. If you add \listfiles to the preamble the version that is used will be written to the log file. On my system the relevant line is

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siunitx.sty    2013/07/31 v2.5s A comprehensive (SI) units package

Regards

[luis]

Thanks cgnieder, indeed I was using Tex Live 2009, an outdated version that is still bundled with Ubuntu 12.04.