Linebreak in a longtable

Question

I use the longtable package to create a table that covers multiple pages, but the problem is that the linebreake does not function correctly.This is my code:

   \documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{{|p{0,5cm}|p{1,6cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|p{0,8cm}|}}\hline
Anfang & Ende & System & Netzbetreiber & Un\newline$[kV]$ & Länge\newline[km] & R\newline$[\Omega]$ & X\newline$[\Omega]$ & B\newline$[\mu$S] & I\newline[A] \\
% &  &  &  & [kV] & [km] & $[\Omega]$ & $[\Omega]$ & $[\mu$S] & [A]\\
\hline\hline
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ 
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ 
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ 
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ 
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\ 
N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\
\hline
\end{longtable}

   \end{document}

The Linebreaks are not activted for the first, third and fourth coulmn of the firs row, even with the fixed coulmn width. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 03 '16 at 10:56

The \newline work fine, your units come on the next line, however TeX does not hyphenate the first word of a paragraph (and as in the example english patters are used it probably would break incorrect;y anyway) I added \- in some places.

  \documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{longtable}
\def\zz{ N & N & N  & N   & N   & N & N  & N  & N & N \\}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{|p{0,5cm}|p{1,6cm}|*{7}{p{1cm}|}p{0,8cm}|}\hline
Anf\-ang & Ende & Sys\-tem & Netz\-bet\-rei\-ber & Un\newline$[kV]$ & Länge\newline[km] & 
R\newline$[\Omega]$ & X\newline$[\Omega]$ & B\newline$[\mu$S] & I\newline[A] \\
% &  &  &  & [kV] & [km] & $[\Omega]$ & $[\Omega]$ & $[\mu$S] & [A]\\
\hline\hline
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz\zz
\hline
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

Thank you for your answers. Manually I can achieve the required result but I wnated to achieve this automatically. I used as well follwing pacakge for the language: \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} — user97388, Feb 03 '16 at 11:38
@user97388 the first word will hyphenate if you also use \usepackage{array} and then replace p{..} by >{\hspace*{0pt}}p{..} — David Carlisle, Feb 03 '16 at 12:28
@ David Carlisle thank you so much. This works now as I wanted!Thanks! — user97388, Feb 03 '16 at 13:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 28 '22 at 19:45

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You have to use \\ instead of \ whenever you want to move to the next row in the table. For the first four columns, you should specify the width as p{1,5cm}, and for others, p{1cm}. The fourth column heading may be split into two.

For example, enter Netzbe\newline{treiber} and execute the code. This should give you the desired result.

edited Jul 28 '22 at 19:45

Ben Zelnick

323

answered Feb 03 '16 at 11:12

murugan

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This doesn't seem to answer the question. The supplied example does already use \\ to end the table rows. – David Carlisle Feb 03 '16 at 11:35

Linebreak in a longtable

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