supertabular always results in 'Misplaced \noalign' error

Question

I'm trying to use the package supertabularin order to be able to break long tables in twocolumn mode (cf. the answer to this question). But I always end up with the following error when compiling:

 Misplaced \noalign.
\@tabletail ->\noalign 
                       {\global \let \@savcr =\\ \global \let \\=\org@tabula...
l.9 \end{supertabular}

I assume I'm making some very basic mistake here, but I can't figure out what it is. Here's a MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{supertabular}
\begin{document}
\begin{supertabular}{l l}
First column & Second column\\
First column & Second column\\
First column & Second column
\end{supertabular}
\end{document}

You must end the last line with an \\ too. – Ulrike Fischer Feb 13 '13 at 14:11 — Ulrike Fischer, Feb 13 '13 at 14:11

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 13 '13 at 14:14

10

supertabular requires all rows to end in \\ (with normal tabular the last ones doesn't need it, although you could supply it there too). So add \\to the last row.

answered Feb 13 '13 at 14:14

Frank Mittelbach

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