[Tex/LaTex] Wrapping text in a cell in a table

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Consider the following table

\begin{table} 
\centering  
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|p{2cm}|p{4.5cm}|p{1cm}|}
    \hline       
     aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (aaaaaa)   &  \url{bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb}           &    88\%   \\
    \hline       
     \multirow{4}{*}{ccccccccccc (ccccccc)} &  \url{dddddddddddddd} &    50\%   \\
                                                        &  \url{eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee}            &    18 \%   \\ 
                                                        &  \url{ffffffffffffff}                 &    11 \%   \\ 
                                                        &  \url{gggggggggggggggggg}             &    7 \%   \\                  
    \hline       
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

As you can see in the picture, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa (aaaaaa) has been wrapped to the next next line within the cell. However, ccccccccccc (ccccccc) hasn't been wrapped. How can I fix that?

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From the multirow manual:

〈width〉 is the width to which the text is to be set. Special values are * to indicate that the text parameter’s natural width is to be used, and = to indicate that the specified width of the column in which the \multirowentry is set should be used.

So, replace \multirow{4}{*}{ccccccccccc (ccccccc)} by \multirow{4}{=}{ccccccccccc (ccccccc)}.

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[Tex/LaTex] Wrapping text in a table cell

I made three changes to your table:

1) I added \centering

2) I changed the width of the 4 right-side columns to 0.2\textwidth..., and

3) I placed the headers each in its own \Longstack. This required three additional tweaks in the preamble: add the stackengine package; tell the package to use \# as the end-of-line, since tabular is already using \\ (note that the latest stackengine version 4.00 can use \\ end-of-line delimiters, even nested inside a tabular); and tell the package to set 12pt between baselines of the stack lines, since tabular zeroes out the value of \baselineskip, which is otherwise the default long-stack gap. Note that you can give the \Longstack a [l] or [r] optional argument to change it from the default [c] alignment.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs, threeparttable, stackengine}
\usepackage{array}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{#1}}
\setstackEOL{\#}
\setstackgap{L}{12pt}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{Minimum Requirements for Automatic Readmission into the Science Faculty}
\label{table:sci}
\begin{tabular}{@{}p{0.18\textwidth}*{4}{L{\dimexpr0.20\textwidth-2\tabcolsep\relax}}@{}}
\toprule
& \multicolumn{2}{c}{\bfseries \Longstack{Cumulative Number\# of Courses Required\# to be Passed}} &
\multicolumn{2}{c}{\bfseries \Longstack{Cumulative Number of\# Senior Courses Required\# to be Passed}}  \\
\cmidrule(l){2-3} \cmidrule(l){4-5}
& BSc & EDP & BSc & EDP  \\
\midrule
First-year & 2 & 2 & --- & ---  \\
Second-year & 7 & 6 & --- & --- \\
Third-year & 11 & 10 & 3 & 2 \\
Fourth-year & 15 & 14 & 6 & 5 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] tabu package – gaps in vertical lines

One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

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

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

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

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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

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

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

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

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