# How to typeset a list of specifications?

I need to make a list of technical specifications like this:

It looks like description but I would like to have numbers flushed right like in my example, how could I do that ?

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Here is an idea; getting left alignment of both columns is easier with tabular & friends than with description.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[french]{babel}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\DeclareSIUnit{\cheval}{ch}
\DeclareSIUnit{\tour}{tr}

\begin{document}
{
\itshape La moto que nous allons analyser est une Suzuki GSX-R750
dont les caract\'{e}ristiques principales sont reprises ci-dessous:\\[1em]
}
\noindent
\begin{tabular}{>{\hspace{1em}}l l}
Masse                     & \SI{163}{\kilo\gram}                                        \\
Empattement               & \SI{1350}{\milli\meter}                                     \\
Longueur                  & \SI{2040}{\milli\meter}                                     \\
Hauteur de selle          & \SI{810}{\milli\meter}                                      \\
Garde au sol              & \SI{130}{\milli\meter}                                      \\
Puissance                 & \SI{106}{\cheval} \SI{12500}{\tour\per\minute}             \\
Couple                    & \SI{7.42}{\meter\kilo\gram} \a \SI{9500}{\tour\per\minute} \\
Raideur avant             & \SI{10}{\kilo\newton\per\meter}                             \\
Amortissement avant       & \SI{1}{\kilo\newton\second\per\meter}                       \\
Raideur arri\{e}re       & \SI{15}{\kilo\newton\per\meter}                             \\
Amortissement arri\{e}re & \SI{2}{\kilo\newton\second\per\meter}                       \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


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if you're going to use a tabular then siunitx would almost certainly be mandatory here... –  cmhughes May 9 '13 at 20:31
@cmhughes Yes, sorry. I'm completely new to siunitx. –  Jubobs May 9 '13 at 21:00
no problem- I edited your example- one of the reasons to use siunitx is so that you can type the units in a way that makes sense; for example \kilo\newton\per\meter. I wasn't sure what ch and tr represent, but presumably someone will :) feel free to role back if you disagree –  cmhughes May 9 '13 at 21:23
Thanks. I'm definitely going to look into the siunitx manual after this. By the way, "tr" stands for "tour", the French term for "rotation". –  Jubobs May 9 '13 at 21:32
ah, in which case you might like to use \DeclareSIUnit{\tour}{tr} and then change all \tr to \tour. Similarly if you find what ch stands for, you should change that too :) –  cmhughes May 9 '13 at 21:35

You might use \hfill or \dotfill, (Lamport, p96)

\begin{itemize}
\item{Engine \hfill \$1000.00} \item{Clutch \hfill \$400.00}
\end{itemize}

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Welcome to TeX.SX! You may have a look on our starter guide. –  Jubobs May 9 '13 at 20:17
A small note: the braces around the item text isn't necessary, as \item isn't a command that takes a mandatory argument. You can do just \item Engine\hfill\\$1000.00`. –  Torbjørn T. May 9 '13 at 20:58