[OS X TeX] multiline bracket in a table, text in math mode?

[Claus Gerhardt]

If you have more than 3 rows I would recommend this construction

\begin{equation}\notag
\text{Il} \quad \begin{Bmatrix}
A\\[6pt]
B\\[6pt]
C\\[6pt]
D
\end{Bmatrix}\quad
C
\end{equation}


Claus


On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:56, Claus Gerhardt wrote:

> Use the amsmath package. Then
>
> \begin{equation}\notag
> \text{Il} \quad \begin{smallmatrix}
> A&\\[6pt]
> B&\\[6pt]
> C&
> \end{smallmatrix}\Biggr\}\quad
> C
> \end{equation}
>
>
> comes close to what you want for the layout of a cell.
>
> Claus
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2006, at 5:39, Cyril wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I'm trying to duplicate a table using latex, and I need to use a  
>> mutliline brace (not sure of the name, the curly bracket) inside  
>> this table. Using arrays in tables seems to work OK so since I am  
>> not using LaTeX for maths, I started to look at how to do only  
>> that part, and I came up with
>>
>> \[ il  \left. \begin{array} {ccc}		
>> 		est content \\ sera content \\ serait content
>> 	\end{array} \right\} que vous soyez là \]
>>
>> which does not work right, since spaces between the words are  
>> eaten, and the "sera content" is not alligned with the "il" and  
>> "que vous soyez là" (and nevermind the accent).
>>
>> What is then the best way to get such a bracket with text, and not  
>> math?
>>
>> This jpg is what I'm trying to recreate:
>> <http://homepage.mac.com/cynik/table-array.jpg>
>>
>> Pointers welcome!
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