# Left align column in align environment

I am trying to make a list of mathematical objects, and I've been using the align environment to do so. This is my code:

\begin{align*}
& \textit{Title1} & \textit{Title2 for the second column}\\
& \{entry\}  &  \{entry\}    \\
& \{entry number 2\}         &  \{yet another entry\}
\end{align*}


It produces the following, and I would like the second column to be left aligned as well. I've tried flalign but that doesn't give the correct result either.

• Welcome to TeX SX! Why don't you do that with an array environment? May 10 at 13:40

Use

\begin{align*}
& \textit{Title1}    && \textit{Title2 for the second column}\\
& \{entry\}          &&  \{entry\}    \\
& \{entry number 2\} &&  \{yet another entry\}
\end{align*}


You need 2n-1 &'s per line. One & per alignment point, and n-1 to separate alignment columns. In this case n=2 so you need 3 &'s. You only used 2 and thus you get

right aligned (empty) & left aligned & (separator) right aligned \\


you wanted

right aligned (empty) & left aligned & (separator) right aligned (empty) & left aligned

• Thank you! Exactly what I was looking for! May 10 at 14:17