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If you want to make tables that are significantly more complicated than
those used so far, you need to be an expert, so you will have to study
The \TeX book. The following example illustrates still other features.
This example is taken from The \TeX
book and attributed to Michael Lesk as published in the Bell
Laboratories Computing Science Technical Report {\frm 49} (1976).
$$\vbox{\tabskip=0pt \offinterlineskip
\def\tablerule{\noalign{\hrule}}
\halign to150pt{\strut#&\vrule#\tabskip=1em plus2em&
  \hfil#&\vrule#&\hfil#\hfil&\vrule#&
  \hfil#&\vrule#\tabskip=0pt\cr\tablerule
&&\multispan5\hfil AT\&T Common Stock\hfil&\cr\tablerule
&&\omit\hidewidth Year\hidewidth&&
 \omit\hidewidth Price\hidewidth&&
 \omit\hidewidth Dividend\hidewidth&\cr\tablerule
&&1971&&41--54&&\$2.60&\cr\tablerule
&&   2&&41--54&&2.70&\cr\tablerule
&&   3&&46--55&&2.87&\cr\tablerule
&&   4&&40--53&&3.24&\cr\tablerule
&&   5&&45--52&&3.40&\cr\tablerule
&&   6&&51--59&&.95\rlap*&\cr\tablerule
\noalign{\smallskip}
&\multispan7* (first quarter only)\hfil\cr}}$$

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