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vote 4 down vote favorite I get the following error: Package array Error: Illegal pream-token (\renewcommand): `c' used \renewcommand When I run my minimum working example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{hyperref} % The hy­per­ref pack­age is used to han­dle cross-ref­er­enc­ing com­mands in LATEX to pro­duce hy­per­text links in the doc­u­ment. \usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry} \usepackage{array} \usepackage{lscape} % For pages in landscade mode \usepackage{longtable} % For tables stretching over multiple pages \begin{document} \begin{landscape} \begin{longtable} \small \centering \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.2} \begin{tabular}{|>{}m{2in} |>{}m{3.5in} | >{}m{0.8in}| >{}m{0.3in} |>{}m{0.7in} | } \hline \textbf{Author(s)} & \textbf{Title} & \textbf{Type} & \textbf{Year} & \textbf{Cited-by} \\ \hline F.M. Cardullo, A.V. Ercole, J.A. Houck, L.C. Kelly & {A}lgorithm for {S}imulating {A}tmospheric {T}urbulence and {A}eroelastic {E}ffects on {S}imulator {M}otion {S}ystems & techreport & 2012 & ~ \\ \hline \end{tabular} \end{longtable} \end{landscape} \end{document} longtable arrays share|improve this question asked Apr 5 '14 at 21:29 Pietair 6511717 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 5 down vote accepted You're not supposed to have a

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- LaTeX Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for longtable package array error illegal pream token caption c used users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting systems. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/169798/package-array-error-illegal-pream-token rise to the top Error while setting column width in Latex: Package array Error: Illegal pream-token (3cm): `c' used up vote 1 down vote favorite This is my code to build a simple table. \begin{table} \small \centering \begin{tabular}{ l{3cm}|l|l|l} .... \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} But, I am getting the error Package array Error: Illegal pream-token (3cm):c' used.` Any ideas on how to get around this? tables tabularx share|improve this question asked May 29 at 14:47 Ankesh http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/312093/error-while-setting-column-width-in-latex-package-array-error-illegal-pream-to Anand 1062 3 l{3cm} isn't allowed because this columntype is not defined with a length. Either use p{3cm} or define a new columntype with the array package and \newcolumntype{L}[1]{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}p{#1}}. You can use L{3cm} then –Christian Hupfer May 29 at 15:04 2 Use p{3cm}. l can have no length. –Bernard May 29 at 15:04 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote Here's the way to do to it with array and \newcolumntype. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{array} \newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash}p{#1}} \newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{#1}} \begin{document} \begin{table} \small \centering \begin{tabular}{L{3cm}|l|l|R{5cm}} A & B & C & D \tabularnewline \hline \end{tabular} \end{table} \end{document} share|improve this answer answered May 29 at 17:08 Christian Hupfer 97.1k12101214 I kept the vertical lines on purpose. Of course, the table does not look well, but that wasn't the question –Christian Hupfer May 29 at 17:21 add a comment| Your Answer draft saved draft discarded Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign up using Facebook Sign up using Email and Password Post as a guest Name Email Post as a guest Name Email discard By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service. Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged tables tabularx or ask your own question. asked 4 months ago viewed 103 times

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