General ⇒ special toprule and bottom rule of table

[samisoma]

Hi all,
I need to have a table of the following shape:

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Description
toprule
contents
bottomrule

where Description is left-aligned
toprule is a horzontal line with ends having angled-corners opposite to the ones in bottomrule
bottomrule is a horizontal line looks like (|_______________|) but connected (no spaces).

it is something like in the attached file. In fact I am not sure is it "box" or a "table".

thanks for help!

[localghost]

Maybe the arydshln package could be helpful.

[samisoma]

Maybe the arydshln package could be helpful.

thanx for the tip localghost. I was not aware of arydshln (good to know:-)). However, it does not help unless I do some workarounds like introducing table inside another..

Sami

[samisoma]

In cae it is valuable for others. After try-and-error sessions, I got uncomplete solution:

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\par\noindent{\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}}\newline

The contents

\vspace*{-5pt}\par\noindent\textcolor{inputcol}{\rule{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule{0.4pt}{5pt}} \newline

I need to put it in a new \newcommand, but the problem now is how to add \caption to it to be on top of the top-rule, lef-align and without vspace

any help?

[samisoma]

The final solution:

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\documentclass[12pt,letterpaper]{report}
\begin{document}

\newcommand{\mytoprule}[1]{#1\vspace*{-12pt}\par\noindent{\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule[-5pt]{0.4pt}{5pt}}\newline}

\newcommand{\mybottomrule}{\vspace*{-1pt}\par\noindent{\rule{0.4pt}{5pt}\leaders\hrule\hfill\rule{0.4pt}{5pt}}\newline}

\mytoprule{{\flushleft S{\footnotesize YNTAX}E{\footnotesize XTENSION}}}
  \begin{tabular}{ll}				
    $F\ ::=\ /\ |\ *\ |\ f $	&	\textit{Field Pattern} \\
  \end{tabular}
\mybottomrule
\end{document}

It will produce:

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Thanx for your help!
Sami