<p>Have you tried "alignat"? You specify the number of "columns" to align. If you want to align n columns use 2n-1 &s</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Apr 17, 2011 3:32 PM, "Eric van der Oord" <<a href="mailto:eric.vanderoord@gmail.com">eric.vanderoord@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Could :<br>> <br>> \usepackage{amsmath}<br>
> \[<br>> \begin{array}{lclcl}<br>> u=0& \text{or} & u+4=0 & \text{or} & u-4=0 \\<br>> u=0& & u=-4 & & u=4 \\<br>> \log x=0& & \log x=-4 & & \log x=4 <br>
> \end{array}<br>> \]<br>> <br>> do ?<br>> <br>> Eric<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Le 17 avr. 2011 à 20:55, David Arnold a écrit :<br>> <br>>> All,<br>>> <br>>> I have such a hard time figuring out how to use the align environment (or alternative) to align the solution of u(u+4)(u-4)=0 and the like.<br>
>> <br>>> I want the first line to read:<br>>> <br>>> u=0 or u+4=0 or u-4=0<br>>> <br>>> And the second line to read, that is, I want the "or's" removed.<br>
>> <br>>> u=0 u=-4 u=4<br>>> <br>>> Ensuing lines are:<br>>> <br>>> \log x=0 \log x=-4 \log x=4<br>>> <br>>> Etc.<br>>> <br>>> I can never figure out how many &'s to use and where to put them so that this will work. Any suggestions?<br>
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