Line wrapping not working in tabular with long numbers

Question

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\caption{Results.}\label{tab1}
\begin{tabular}{|p{0.5cm}|p{0.5cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{0.5cm}|}
\hline
N & KS & g & n & C & $\lambda(n)$ & $\mu$ & R\\
\hline
1 &
 32 &
 1572324240 &
 1572324239 &
 943290716551438163 &
 1572244920 &
 1470930645&6\\
\hline
2 &
 64 &
 4159540661949250490 &
 4159540661949250489 &
 14726610731536157220276939497631624989 &
 4159171243689855120&3091093397568475626 &
 6\\
\hline
3 &
 96 &
 17921013728107489666861417152 &
 17921013728107489666861417151 &
 319644167630919465013897831470640254404402368723868992349 &
 17918883386300536523002183680&
 8310947063368032641748342092 &
 6\\
\hline
4 &
 128 &
 10960388158297871697330151881871037028 &
 10960388158297871697330151881871037027 &
 106925141663462215096945420078312037311355711106757002541655645931678791491 &
 10958297067198453652392990431562024960 & 
 3253082388973481812242917579299455335 &
 6\\ 
\hline
5 &
 160 &
 11181085000393941012433719385538976929750386340 &
 11181085000393941012433719385538976929750386339 &
 79684675709633819762973841355295907051437943828599200481216296703376032895835669790667255501 &
 11178266769966960229108283302064411639808000000 &
 4208406996756154635702287087616339813762920102 &
 6\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\end{document}

See this thread : https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/2441/121944 — AML, May 06 '18 at 13:49
The problem is, that TeX doesn't find any break points in your cells, since line wrapping in a number is not allowed. If you specify break points (or use different cell content, that includes breakpoints) the contents will be wrapped. — Skillmon, May 06 '18 at 13:51
I tried all type of cells p,m,b,l,c,r but its not working. need something auto kind as in HTML — yogesh, May 06 '18 at 13:54
@yogesh as I wrote the problem lies in the specific contents you have. And a table with such long numbers wouldn't be very comprehensible either. Is the posted content your real use case? Do the numbers have to be precise to the last digit, or is shortening like 1.09e15 viable? — Skillmon, May 06 '18 at 13:56
@Skillmon I got your point, but I need all numbers to be printed, is there any way to typecast numbers to text — yogesh, May 06 '18 at 13:59
Have you tried seqsplit? https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/13688/121944 — AML, May 06 '18 at 14:05

Skillmon · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-06T14:18:34.640

I defined a new column type, which introduces a valid break point after each token in a cell. Funny enough this is very similar to an answer provided in the link AML posted (that I've seen after writing the code):

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{collcell}

\newcolumntype{N}[1]{>{\collectcell\everytokenbreak}p{#1}<{\endcollectcell}}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\everytokenbreak[1]
  {%
    \everytokenbreak@#1&%
  }
\long\def\everytokenbreak@#1%
  {%
    \ifx&#1
    \else
      #1\hspace{0pt plus 1pt minus 1pt}%
      \expandafter\everytokenbreak@
    \fi
  }
\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\caption{Results.}\label{tab1}
\begin{tabular}{|N{0.5cm}|N{0.5cm}|N{2cm}|N{2cm}|N{2cm}|N{2cm}|N{2cm}|N{0.5cm}|}
\hline
N & KS & g & n & C & $\lambda(n)$ & $\mu$ & R\\
\hline
1 &
 32 &
 1572324240 &
 1572324239 &
 943290716551438163 &
 1572244920 &
 1470930645&6\\
\hline
2 &
 64 &
 4159540661949250490 &
 4159540661949250489 &
 14726610731536157220276939497631624989 &
 4159171243689855120&3091093397568475626 &
 6\\
\hline
3 &
 96 &
 17921013728107489666861417152 &
 17921013728107489666861417151 &
 319644167630919465013897831470640254404402368723868992349 &
 17918883386300536523002183680&
 8310947063368032641748342092 &
 6\\
\hline
4 &
 128 &
 10960388158297871697330151881871037028 &
 10960388158297871697330151881871037027 &
 106925141663462215096945420078312037311355711106757002541655645931678791491 &
 10958297067198453652392990431562024960 & 
 3253082388973481812242917579299455335 &
 6\\ 
\hline
5 &
 160 &
 11181085000393941012433719385538976929750386340 &
 11181085000393941012433719385538976929750386339 &
 79684675709633819762973841355295907051437943828599200481216296703376032895835669790667255501 &
 11178266769966960229108283302064411639808000000 &
 4208406996756154635702287087616339813762920102 &
 6\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\end{document}

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '18 at 14:23

You can also load the seqsplit package and that wrap big numbers in \seqsplit{} as demonstrated here.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{seqsplit} % added this package
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\caption{Results.}\label{tab1}
\begin{tabular}{|p{0.5cm}|p{0.5cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{2cm}|p{0.5cm}|}
\hline
N & KS & g & n & C & $\lambda(n)$ & $\mu$ & R\\
\hline
1 &
 32 &
 1572324240 &
 1572324239 &
 \seqsplit{943290716551438163} &
 1572244920 &
 1470930645&6\\
\hline
2 &
 64 &
 \seqsplit{4159540661949250490} &
 \seqsplit{4159540661949250489} &
 \seqsplit{14726610731536157220276939497631624989} &
 \seqsplit{4159171243689855120} & \seqsplit{3091093397568475626} &
 6\\
\hline
3 &
 96 &
 \seqsplit{17921013728107489666861417152} &
 \seqsplit{17921013728107489666861417151} &
 \seqsplit{319644167630919465013897831470640254404402368723868992349} &
 \seqsplit{17918883386300536523002183680} &
 \seqsplit{8310947063368032641748342092} &
 6\\
\hline
4 &
 128 &
 \seqsplit{10960388158297871697330151881871037028} &
 \seqsplit{10960388158297871697330151881871037027} &
 \seqsplit{106925141663462215096945420078312037311355711106757002541655645931678791491} &
 \seqsplit{10958297067198453652392990431562024960} & 
 \seqsplit{3253082388973481812242917579299455335} &
 6\\ 
\hline
5 &
 160 &
 \seqsplit{11181085000393941012433719385538976929750386340} &
 \seqsplit{11181085000393941012433719385538976929750386339} &
 \seqsplit{79684675709633819762973841355295907051437943828599200481216296703376032895835669790667255501} &
 \seqsplit{11178266769966960229108283302064411639808000000} &
 \seqsplit{4208406996756154635702287087616339813762920102} &
 6\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Line wrapping not working in tabular with long numbers

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