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%% The LaTeX Companion, 2ed (second printing August 2004)
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%% Example 5-9-4 on page 281.
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%% Copyright (C) 2004 Frank Mittelbach, Michel Goossens,
%%    Johannes Braams, David Carlisle, and Chris Rowley
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\documentclass{ttctexa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{231.0pt}
\StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{array}
\StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
Tables \begin{tabular}[t]{l}
 with no\\ hline \\ commands \\ used
\end{tabular}
versus tables
\begin{tabular}[t]{|l|}  \firsthline
 with some \\ hline \\ commands \\
\lasthline
\end{tabular} used.
\end{document}