* in tabular environment

[Enrico Schumann]

>>>>> "Fred" == Fred Harthoorn <f.harthoorn at gmail.com> writes:

    Fred> Over the last 30 years I have made many tutorials and instructions in
    Fred> LaTeX

    Fred> And now for the first time I experiencing that a '*' is not printed in
    Fred> the tabular environment, if it is the first character on the line.
    Fred> Is this a bug or has this character a special meaning at the start of
    Fred> the line?

    Fred> \begin{tabular{ll}
                       ^^

There is a '}' missing. Might this explain
the missing asterisk?


    Fred> * & this star wil not be printed !?! \\
    Fred> \end{tabular}

    Fred> Made with MikTeX.

    Fred> Regards,
    Fred> Fred Harthoorn.

kind regards

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Enrico Schumann
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