Multirow in Tables – Using \dotfill Inside \multirow

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\dotfill does not seem to display anything when placed inside \multirow as shown below.
I'm trying to display the dots after "Pongidae, divisé en" on the same line.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{bigdelim}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt}
\begin{tabular}{p{5.5cm}p{0.01cm}p{4.5cm}}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Taxons de Simpson} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Taxons de Goodman} \\
Primates, inchangé\dotfill & & Primates \\
Prosimii, divisé en\dotfill &  & Strepsirhini \\
Anthropoidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Tarsioidea \\
Ceboidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Anthropoidea \\
Cercopithecoidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Platyrrhini (Ceboidea) \\
Hominoidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Hominoidea \\
\multirow{3}{*}{*Pongidae, divisé en\dotfill} & \rdelim\{{3}{} & Hylobatidae \\
 &  & Ponginae \\
 &  & Homininae (en partie: Pan) \\
\multirow{2}{*}{*Ponginae, divisé en\dotfill} & \rdelim\{{2}{} & Ponginae \\
 &  & Homininae (en partie: Pan) \\
Hylobatinae, inchangé\dotfill &  & Hylobatidae \\
Hominidae, inchangé\dotfill &  & \textit{Homo} \\
\multicolumn{3}{l}{*Taxon à la composition modifiée (composantes)} \\
 &  & 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Best Answer

\multirow{n}{*} uses the 'natural width' of its text parameter, i.e. the smallest amount that is necessary. Then no space will be left for the \dotfill. Instead use {=} as width specification which takes the width of the column definition. Also your \rdelim is wrong, because it needs a width specification, which in this case can be * or =.

Here is the working example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{bigdelim}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{4pt}
\begin{tabular}{p{5.5cm}p{0.01cm}p{4.5cm}}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{Taxons de Simpson} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Taxons de Goodman} \\
Primates, inchangé\dotfill & & Primates \\
Prosimii, divisé en\dotfill &  & Strepsirhini \\
Anthropoidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Tarsioidea \\
Ceboidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Anthropoidea \\
Cercopithecoidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Platyrrhini (Ceboidea) \\
Hominoidea, inchangé\dotfill &  & Hominoidea \\
\multirow{3}{=}{*Pongidae, divisé en\dotfill} & \rdelim\{{3}{*} & Hylobatidae \\
 &  & Ponginae \\
 &  & Homininae (en partie: Pan) \\
\multirow{2}{=}{*Ponginae, divisé en\dotfill} & \rdelim\{{2}{*} & Ponginae \\
 &  & Homininae (en partie: Pan) \\
Hylobatinae, inchangé\dotfill &  & Hylobatidae \\
Hominidae, inchangé\dotfill &  & \textit{Homo} \\
\multicolumn{3}{l}{*Taxon à la composition modifiée (composantes)} \\
 &  & 
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
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\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
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%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
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                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
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 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
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    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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