How to justify the last line in a cell?

Asked Sep 18 '19 at 18:51

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MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|}
sdlj lsadfj sdlafjk sdlfj a \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

The last line is flushed left. I want it to justify.

Similar can be obtained with \linebreak:

sdlj lsadfj sdlafjk sdlfj a \linebreak\\

But it has an obvious side effect: an excessive line. How to justify it without an excessive line? I found a trick for paragraphs, but it doesn't work for cells.

asked Sep 18 '19 at 18:51

bodqhrohro

I'm not able to experiment so this is just a guess. Try wrapping the content of the cell in braces, and using the "trick" as the last thing inside the braces. – barbara beeton Sep 18 '19 at 19:01
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If I replace your \linebreak with \parfillskip 0pt, it works, no braces required. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 18 '19 at 19:03
This is related to Is there a tool that makes paragraphs into rectangles? (possible duplicate). – Werner Sep 18 '19 at 19:04
Tangentially related: Ensure minimal length of last line – Werner Sep 18 '19 at 19:05
if you force justify you will always have to expect excessive space. – Ulrike Fischer Sep 18 '19 at 19:05
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@StevenB.Segletes works this way, thanks. – bodqhrohro Sep 18 '19 at 19:10
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However, it will fail if any line ends up with just a single word, as in \begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|} succulent cucumbers are delectible\parfillskip 0pt\\ \end{tabular}. It goes back to Ulrike's comment, I am sure. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 18 '19 at 19:15
Try, in the table preamble, >{\RaggedRight\arraybackslash}p{2cm} (requires the array and ragged2e packages). – Bernard Sep 18 '19 at 19:44

How to justify the last line in a cell?

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