Text Formatting ⇒ How can a get a dashed/dotted \textbar?

[Maryse]

Here is my problem: I'd like to add a dashed or dotted vertical line in my text.
I used the \textbar to add a solid line, but I also need to add dashed - or dotted, that will also do the trick! - vertical line in my text. Unfortunately, I can't find any way to do this! Do you have a solution in mind to solve this problem?
Thanks!
Maryse

[Johannes_B]

Is this needed in text or within a graphic or ...?
Can you prepare a minimal working example to show what you want? Maybe even a screenshot/hand-drawing?

[Maryse]

I have attached the .pdf that I need so that you can have an idea.
This is needed in a table in fact. But this is not the lines/columns of the table itself that I want to be dashed. My problem is about some lines within the table.
As you'll see, I already have vertical lines - which I draw using $|$. But I need two of them to be dashed or dotted.
Maryse

[esdd]

You can use TikZ to define your own line:

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\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand\myline[1][]{%
  \,\tikz[baseline]\draw[very thick,#1](0,-\dp\strutbox)--(0,\ht\strutbox);\,%
}
\begin{document}
Text\myline Text\myline[dashed]Text\myline[dotted]
\end{document}

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Best regards
Elke