How to make decimal alignment in lines that is not in table?

Question

I am making a file in which there are many lines. In every line there is a number. Can I make those numbers decimal alignment?

I am using Latex.

Thanks.

My codes are:

\documentclass[]{article}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\cdotfill{%
    \leavevmode\cleaders\hb@xt@.44em{\hss$\cdot$\hss}\hfill\kern\z@
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
Car\cdotfill 11111.55 dollar\par
House\cdotfill 2222.1 dollar
\end{document}

I want to make 11111.55 and 2222.1 decimal alignment.

Could you please post a sketch of what you're expecting? Your question is not very clear. — Bernard, Sep 11 '21 at 08:08
tabular is just a way to make things align, it doesn't have to be used for things that are logically a table (for example article class uses it to set author names) — David Carlisle, Sep 11 '21 at 08:22
@DavidCarlisle But I need to use ellipsis between the numbers and the nouns and after the numbers there are nouns. So, even in tabular, how can I make it successfully? — Y. zeng, Sep 11 '21 at 08:24

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 11 '21 at 08:31

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\documentclass[]{article}
\makeatletter
\newcommand\cdotfill{%
    \leavevmode\cleaders\hb@xt@.44em{\hss$\cdot$\hss}\hfill\kern\z@
}
\newlength\twodplength
\settowidth\twodplength{.12}
\def\twodp#1{\@twodp#1..\relax}
\def\@twodp#1.#2.#3{%
#1\makebox[\twodplength][l]{\if!#2!\else.#2\fi}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
Car\cdotfill \twodp{11111.55} dollar\par
House\cdotfill \twodp{2222.1} dollar\par
TeX\cdotfill \twodp{0} dollar\par
\end{document}

This sets everything after the whole number part on a box the width of .12

answered Sep 11 '21 at 08:31

David Carlisle

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You are so nice. But most of your codes can't be understood by me. May you tell me how can I be as excellent as you of Latex? – Y. zeng Sep 11 '21 at 08:35
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@Y.zeng I have been doing this since 1987, I have had a bit of practice. – David Carlisle Sep 11 '21 at 08:39
How about recommending some books for me? – Y. zeng Sep 11 '21 at 08:40
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@Y.zeng https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/11/what-are-good-learning-resources-for-a-latex-beginner – David Carlisle Sep 11 '21 at 08:41
That book is not much detailed. – Y. zeng Sep 11 '21 at 08:44
@Y.zeng there are 43 answers in that post suggesting different resources for learning latex, I do not know which book you mean. – David Carlisle Sep 11 '21 at 08:45
The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2ε – Y. zeng Sep 11 '21 at 08:46

How to make decimal alignment in lines that is not in table?

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