General ⇒ Automatic numbering of cells in a table

[evlabiba]

Hello everybody,

How can I generate an automatic numbering of the first column cells in a table?
Writing them 'by hand' is a non sense. I've done it but I swear not to do it ever again!

Thanks.

[phi]

Hello,
here is one possibility, using a custom counter:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{array}

\newcounter{TableRow}
\newcolumntype{n}{>{\stepcounter{TableRow}\arabic{TableRow}}c}


\begin{document}

\setcounter{TableRow}{0}
\begin{tabular}{nl}
  & Text \\
  & Text \\
  & Text
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

The "n" column then gets a automatic numbering.