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In article <1992Jul17.002313.15003@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpsrk@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Stuart Kemp) writes:

SK> Using tables in plain TeX, how can you get an entry in a column to span
SK> multiple rows, and be centered vertically within these rows?
SK> e.g. below, the --- between "Entry 1" and "Entry 2" is generated with
SK> \hrule, and I want things such that this \hrule lines up with the middle
SK> of the "ABC"
SK>           +-----------------------------+
SK>           |          | Entry 1          |
SK>           |  ABC     -------------------|
SK>           |          | Entry 2          |
SK>           +-----------------------------+

There was a similar question in c.t.t.  Someone wanted to have 3 rows
in column 1 & 2 and 4 rows in column 3 & 4 of a table. Here is my idea
of a solution, which can be used for the problem above:

\begin{tabular}{@{}|@{}c@{}|@{}c@{}|@{}}\hline
\begin{tabular}{cc}
1&$***$\\\hline
2&$**$\\\hline
3&$*$
\end{tabular}%
&%
\begin{tabular}{c|c}
line 1&column 2\\\hline
line 2&column 2\\\hline
line 3&column 2\\\hline
line 4&column 2
\end{tabular}\\\hline
\end{tabular}

-bernd