On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 at 19:20, E. Krishnan wrote: A simple trick using the package array is as follows \newcounter{rowno} \setcounter{rowno}{0} \newcommand{\slno}{\addtocounter{rowno}{1}\therowno} \newcolumntype{n}{>{\slno}r} That's really ingenious and probably the most elegant way of doing it. I guess \addtocounter{rowno}{1} can be substituted by \stepcounter{rowno}. -- Radhakrishnan