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I am doing something wrong here. I get a message saying 

Use of \@array doesn't match its definition. `\@ifnextchar ... \reserved@d =#1\def  
\reserved@a { #2}\def \reserved@b {#3}\f... l.108 ...tabular}{|c|>{\centering}p{3cm}
|c|c|l|c|}.

Here is a complete code 

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{textcomp, booktabs}
\begin{document}
\section*{\large \textrecipe}

\begin{tabular}{|c|>{\centering}p{3cm}|c|c|l|c|}
\toprule 
Sr No & Drug & Dose  & frequency & Duration & Remark \midrule
1 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \midrule
\hline 
2 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\
\hline 
3 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\ 
\hline 
4 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\ 
\hline 
5 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night  \\
\hline 
6 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\
\hline 
7 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night  \bottomrule 

\end{tabular}



\end{document}
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  • 3
    you need the array package for the extended .>{...} syntax
    – David Carlisle
    Dec 1, 2014 at 10:18

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Solved. Just add array package or Modify code like this 

\section*{\large \textrecipe}
\begin{table}[htp]
\rowcolors{2}{gray!25}{white}
\begin{tabular}{c p{3cm}p{3cm}clc} 
\toprule 
 Sr No & Drug & Dose  & frequency & Duration & Remark \\ \midrule
1 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\

 2 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\

3 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\ 

 4 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\ 

5 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night  \\

6 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\

7 &  &  & -~~ -~~ -  & x & before/with/after meals, at night \\ \bottomrule 

\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}
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  • It might be an idea not to use [h] but at least [htp]. If the table is a bit long, it will not fit at as a [h]=[ht] float. And since the list is then empty, the float ends up at the end of the chapter.
    – daleif
    Dec 1, 2014 at 10:29
  • It's a bad idea mixing commands from booktabs like \toprule and \midrule with vertical rules. Just remove the | characters in the argument to tabular and the useless \hline you have.
    – egreg
    Dec 1, 2014 at 10:31

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