Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ vertical lines

[wayne]

Hi,

I want to make a table with vertical lines to separate the columns so i do:
\begin{tabular}{|l|c|}
aaa & aaa \\
\hline
bbb & bbb \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

But it does not work, the vertical lines are not printed!

Does anyone has an idea why??

thanks

[localghost]

Please, always post a full example. It is recommendable to abstain from vertical lines for better legibility of tables. Apart from that I have no problem with your code.

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabular}{|l|c|}\hline
    aaa & aaa \\ \hline
    bbb & bbb \\ \hline
  \end{tabular}
\end{document}

Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[wayne]

Thank you.

But for me, it does not work...
Is there another way to set the vertical lines?

[frabjous]

"It does not work" is not a helpful reply. In what way doesn't it work? What happens? Do you get errors? Do you not get errors, but the lines don't show up? Does it matter what viewer you use, or compilation method?

Does it not even work when you process the simple document Thorsten listed, or does it only not work in your larger document? If the former, then tell us what TeX distribution you're using, what viewer and what compilation method, and post the resulting log file as an attachment. If the latter, then do as you have been instructed, and create a minimal working example that will allow us to recreate the problem. No one can diagnose what they cannot duplicate.

I also suggest reading "How to Ask Questions the Smart Way".