# Left alignement and right alignement

I would like to realize an alignment as follows, with array environment by preference:

abcde fghijk
lmnnnnn  opq
rstuvwxyz


So, abcde and lmnnnnn are left aligned; fghijk and opq are right aligned. There are some space between abcde and fghijk.

rstuvwxyz is left aligned with the 2 first rows; putting it in the center of its row is OK as well...

Coud anyone help?

• Then you should read something about how to use the array environment. – Thorsten Donig Sep 28 '13 at 13:22
• Haven't found the solution... – SoftTimur Sep 28 '13 at 13:34
• Is there supposed to be overlap between fghijk on one line and lmnnnnn on the next? – Mico Sep 28 '13 at 14:11
• yes, it is...@Mico – SoftTimur Sep 28 '13 at 14:17

Surely I'm misunderstanding your question...

Take a look at this code:

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amsmath,array}

\begin{document}

\emph{Something like this (in math mode)?}

\vspace{10pt}

$$\begin{array}{@{}l@{}r@{}} \text{abcde}&\text{fghijk}\\ \text{lmnnnnn}&\text{opq}\\ \text{rstuvwxyz} \end{array}$$

\vspace{20pt}

\emph{or like this?}

\vspace{10pt}

$$\begin{array}{@{}p{0.85cm}r@{}} \text{abcde}&\text{fghijk}\\ \text{lmnnnnn}&\text{opq}\\ \text{rstuvwxyz} \end{array}$$

\vspace{20pt}

\emph{Or something like this (in text mode)?}

\vspace{10pt}

\begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}r@{}}
abcde&fghijk\\
lmnnnnn&opq\\
rstuvwxyz
\end{tabular}

\vspace{20pt}

\emph{or like this?}

\vspace{10pt}

\begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.85cm}r@{}}
abcde&fghijk\\
lmnnnnn&opq\\
rstuvwxyz
\end{tabular}

\end{document}