[texhax] longtable//dcolumn//specs
Susan Dittmar
Susan.Dittmar at gmx.de
Fri Nov 7 13:16:24 CET 2014
Simmie, John schrieb:
> Can someone express in plain English please what this construct is specifying in laying out 8 columns?
>
> \begin{longtable}{@{} l @{\extracolsep{\fill}} *{7}{d{7}} @{}}
I'll try.
\begin{longtable}% longtable environment
{@{}%replace inter-column-space by contents of braces
% this removes space at the left of the table
l% left-aligned column
@{\extracolsep{\fill}}% replace inter-column-space by
% something that gobbles up all the space not used by
% columns of the table (perhaps someone else can elaborate on that)
*{7}{ %the following declaration should be added 7 times
d{7} %a column aligned at the decimal point - look up dcolumn documentation
% for the meaning of the 7
}% end of this *{7} brace
@{} % replace inter-column space by nothing (remove space at the
% right of the table
}
Hope that helps,
Susan
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