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34 13 Tabular material& With whiskers \edtext{round}{\Afootnote{around}} my tummy && I’ve done it all my life. \\& I’d climb into a honey\edindex{honey} pot && It makes the peas taste funny \\& And get my tummy gummy.\edindex{gummy} && But it keeps them on the knife.\end{edtabularr}\pend\endnumberingproduces the following parallel pair of verses.1 I wish I was a little bug I eat my peas with honey2 With whiskers round my tummy I’ve done it all my life.3 I’d climb into a honey pot It makes the peas taste funny4 And get my tummy gummy. But it keeps them on the knife.\edtabcolsep\spreadmath\spreadtext\edrowfillThe distance between the columns is controlled by the length \edtabcolsep.\spreadmath{〈math〉} typesets {〈math〉} but the {〈math〉} has no effect onthe calculation of column widths. \spreadtext{〈text〉} is the analagous commandfor use in edtabular environments.\begin{edarrayl}1 & 2 & 3 & 4 \\& \spreadmath{F+G+C} & & \\a & bb & ccc & dddd\end{edarrayl}1 2 3 4F + G + Ca bb ccc ddddThe macro \edrowfill{〈start〉}{〈end〉}{〈fill〉} fills columns number 〈start〉to 〈end〉 inclusive with 〈fill〉. The 〈fill〉 argument can be any horizontal ‘fill’. Forexample \hrulefill or \upbracefill.Note that every row must have the same number of columns, even if somewould not appear to be necessary.The \edrowfill macro can be used in both tabular and array environments.The typeset appearance of the following code is shown below.\begin{edtabularr}1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\Q & & fd & h & qwertziohg \\v & wptz & x & y & vb \\g & nnn & \edrowfill{3}{5}{\upbracefill} & & \\\edrowfill{1}{3}{\downbracefill} & & & pq & dgh \\k & & l & co & ghweropjklmnbvcxys \\1 & 2 & 3 & \edrowfill{4}{5}{\hrulefill} &\end{tabularr}