Adding Columns to a Table

Question

I am trying to make a table with 10 columns. For some reason, when I add an 11th column, the table no longer compiles.

Below is, I believe, a minimum working example.

Specifically, the table works with

 \begin{tabular}{l*9{c}}

but it does not work with

 \begin{tabular}{l*10{c}}

Note that the following ONLY compiles because it is the version with the 9 rather than the 10. I would like for it to have the 10 so I can insert an extra column.

My tables begin as:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{l*10{c}}
 & (1) & (2) & (3) & (4) & (5) & (6) & (7) & (8) & (9) & (10) \\  
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Answer 1

Your problem is that the * syntax takes a single argument: it does not keep 'looking' for a number. So instead of

\begin{tabularx}{1.0\textwidth}{l*10{c}}

you need

\begin{tabularx}{1.0\textwidth}{l*{10}{c}}

Notice the braces around the 10.