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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{array}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|l|r|c|>{\raggedright%
    \arraybackslash}p{2.5cm}|}\hline
L & R & C & box\\\hline
l & r & c & p\{2.5cm\}\newline
  new line with \verb+\newline+\\
l & r & c & new table row with \verb+\\+\\
  what now &&& \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}