[OS X TeX] \hhline{----~}\hhline{----~} vs \hline\hline

[Manfred Braun]

On 25.03.2012, at 16:07, Alain Schremmer wrote:

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> On Mar 25, 2012, at 5:03 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
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>> Am 25.3.2012 um 03:25 schrieb Alain Schremmer:
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>>> Is there a way to separate the two \hhline{----~} the way the two \hline are?
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>> Why do you want to use \hhline? This package produces lines of many very short line segments, it does not function well with other table environments...
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> Because there are in fact five columns and "Apples" is in the second row of the fifth column so as to have "0803 Apples":
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> <\hhline.pdf>
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> Is there another way other way to get that?

I am not familiar with the hhline package, which might provide some other solution. I would have done it simply like that:

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|l}
  \cline{1-4}
  Thousand & Hundred & Ten & Single & \\
  \cline{1-4}\noalign{\vskip\doublerulesep}\cline{1-4}
  0 & 8 & 0 & 3 & Apples
\end{tabular}

Regards,

Manfred