[Tuglist] Enumeration in tabular

[E. Krishnan]

On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, H.S.Rai wrote:

> Is \thecounter equvalent to \arabic{counter} ? 


Though \thecounter is by default the same as \arabic{counter}, the two are 
not exactly identical, since \thecounter can be redefined and can be even 
defined to be made up from several other counters. For example, in the 
documentclass book, \thesection is defined as 
\arbic{chapter}.\arabic{section} so that  a call to \thesection in Chapter 
5, Section 2 produces 5.2


By the way, if you want a row wihout the serial number, such as the 
column heads, use \multicolumn  as in the following

\newcounter{rowno}
\setcounter{rowno}{0}
\newcommand{\slno}{\addtocounter{rowno}{1}\therowno}
\newcolumntype{n}{>{\slno}r}

\begin{tabular}{|n|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{Sl.No} & Col 1 & Col 2 & Col 3\\
\hline
& the & first & row\\
\hline
& the & second & row\\
\hline
& the & third & row\\
\hline
\end{tabular}


-- 
Krishnan