Fill space with dots within table

Question

I would like the whitespace between two items within a table to be filled with dots. Please consider the following picture to get the idea.

So far I tried to achieve this output with the following sequence.

%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[!htbp]

\begin{tabular}{lrrr}
        \toprule
    Anzahl & Behandlungstyp & Einzelpreis & Gesamtpreis\\
        \midrule
    10\dotfill& Manuelle Therapie\dotfill & €32,63\dotfill & €326,30\\
    10\dotfill &Krankengymastik\dotfill &€26,93\dotfill &€269,30\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}

\end{document}

This, however, yields an unsatisfactory output, where undotted gaps are left over.

How to achieve a continuous dotted line without white spaces like in the first picture?

Answer 1

This is an ugly hack

\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[!htbp]

\begin{tabular}{l@{}r@{}lr}
 \toprule
    Anzahl \quad 
    & \multicolumn{1}{r@{}}{\hspace{1cm}Behandlungstyp}\quad  
    & Einzelpreis  
    & Gesamtpreis\\
 \midrule
    10\dotfill 
    & Manuelle Therapie\dotfill
    &\multicolumn{2}{@{}c}{€32,63\dotfill  €326,30}\\
    %%
    10\dotfill 
    & Krankengymastik\dotfill  
    &\multicolumn{2}{@{}c}{€26,93\dotfill €269,30}\\
 \bottomrule
\end{tabular}    
\end{table}

\end{document}

For the alignment as requested in the comment

\begin{tabular}{lcr@{}r@{}r}
 \toprule
    Anzahl
    &
    & Behandlungstyp  
    & \multicolumn{1}{@{\hspace{1em}}r@{}}{Einzelpreis}
    & \multicolumn{1}{@{\hspace{1em}}r}{Gesamtpreis}\\
 \midrule
    \multicolumn{3}{c@{}}{10\dotfill Manuelle Therapie}
    & \dotfill 32,63
    & \dotfill 326,30\\
    %%
    \multicolumn{3}{c@{}}{10\dotfill Krankengymastik}
    & \dotfill 26,93
    & \dotfill 269,30\\
 \bottomrule
\end{tabular}

Answer 2

I believe that you need only the @{} separator and p{} columns with \dotfill or \hfill in the cells.

On the other hand, I lost the € symbol with your MWE because the lack of the fontspec package. For comparison, I included also the eurosym package for more official symbol (showed in the third column).

%!TEX TS-program = xelatex
%!TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec} % needed for the € symbol
\usepackage{eurosym} % another way to obtain the € symbol 
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!htbp]
\begin{tabular}{p{.4\textwidth}@{}p{.2\textwidth}@{}p{.2\textwidth}@{}}
\toprule
Anzahl \hfill Behandlungstyp & \hfill Einzelpreis & \hfill Gesamtpreis\\
\midrule
10\dotfill  Manuelle Therapie & \dotfill\euro32,63 & \dotfill€326,30\\
10\dotfill  Krankengymastik & \dotfill\euro26,93 &\dotfill€269,30\\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Answer 3

Here are two options:

1. Manual using box length calculations:

   \documentclass{article}
   \usepackage{booktabs}% http://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs
   \newlength{\tmplenA}\newlength{\tmplenB}
   \begin{document}
   
   \begin{tabular}{lrrr}
     \toprule
     Anzahl & Behandlungstyp & Einzelpreis & Gesamtpreis\\
     \midrule
     \settowidth{\tmplenA}{Anzahl}\settowidth{\tmplenB}{10}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     10\rlap{\makebox[\dimexpr\tmplenA+2\tabcolsep][l]{\dotfill}} & Manuelle Therapie 
     & \settowidth{\tmplenA}{Einzelpreis}\settowidth{\tmplenB}{€32,63}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     \llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\tmplenA+2\tabcolsep][r]{\dotfill}}€32,63 
     & \settowidth{\tmplenA}{Gesamtpreis}\settowidth{\tmplenB}{€326,30}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     \llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\tmplenA+2\tabcolsep][r]{\dotfill}}€326,30 \\
     \settowidth{\tmplenA}{Anzahl}\settowidth{\tmplenB}{10}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     \settowidth{\tmplenB}{Manuelle Therapie}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{\tmplenB}%
     \settowidth{\tmplenB}{Krankengymastik}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     10\rlap{\makebox[\dimexpr\tmplenA+2\tabcolsep][l]{\dotfill}} & Krankengymastik
     & \settowidth{\tmplenA}{Einzelpreis}\settowidth{\tmplenB}{€26,93}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     \llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\tmplenA+2\tabcolsep][r]{\dotfill}}€26,93 
     & \settowidth{\tmplenA}{Gesamtpreis}\settowidth{\tmplenB}{€269,30}\addtolength{\tmplenA}{-\tmplenB}%
     \llap{\makebox[\dimexpr\tmplenA+2\tabcolsep][r]{\dotfill}}€269,30\\
     \bottomrule
   \end{tabular}
   
   \end{document}​
   

2. Overwriting a \dotfill spanning the entire tabular width with white-background-boxed entries:

   \documentclass{article}
   \usepackage{booktabs}% http://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs
   \usepackage{xcolor}% http://ctan.org/pkg/xcolor
   \usepackage{array}% http://ctan.org/pkg/array
   \makeatletter
   \newcolumntype{L}{>{\begin{lrbox}{\@tempboxa}}l<{\end{lrbox}\colorbox{white}{\usebox{\@tempboxa}}}}
   \newcolumntype{R}{>{\begin{lrbox}{\@tempboxa}}r<{\end{lrbox}\colorbox{white}{\usebox{\@tempboxa}}}}
   \makeatother
   \newlength{\tmplenA}
   \setlength{\fboxrule}{0pt}\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}
   \begin{document}
   
   \settowidth{\tmplenA}{AnzahlManuelleTherapieEinzelpreisGesamtpreis\hspace*{6\tabcolsep}}
   \begin{tabular}{LRRR}
     \toprule
     Anzahl & Behandlungstyp & Einzelpreis & Gesamtpreis\\
     \midrule
     \rlap{\makebox[\tmplenA][l]{\dotfill}}\colorbox{white}{10} & Manuelle Therapie & €32,63 & €326,30 \\
     \rlap{\makebox[\tmplenA][l]{\dotfill}}\colorbox{white}{10} & Krankengymastik & €26,93 & €269,30\\
     \bottomrule
   \end{tabular}
   \end{document}​
   

Here's the output of both: