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\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{longtable}
\raggedbottom
\usepackage{nicefrac}
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\begin{itemize}[noitemsep]
\item \texttt{array} can only be used in a math environment.
\item You must declare the number and alignment of the columns by using \verb+\begin{array}{ccl}+. In this instance, we are declaring two centered columns and one left-aligned column.
\item You must declare the number and alignment of the columns by using \verb+\begin{array}{crl}+. In this instance, we are declaring one centered column, one right-aligned column, and one left-aligned column.
\end{itemize}
In the example below, I've chose animal names to make the column alignment more explicit.
\begin{Verbatim}[frame=lines, numbers=left, xleftmargin=5mm, framesep=3mm, breaklines=true, label=array Example]
\[
Zoo~animals = \left\{ \begin{array}{crl}
lion & tiger & gnu \\
lion & hippopotamus & gnu \\
elephant & zebra & kangaroo \\
bear & camel & wallaby
\end{array}\right\}
\]
\end{Verbatim}
\[
Zoo~animals = \left\{ \begin{array}{crl}
lion & tiger & gnu \\
lion & hippopotamus & gnu \\
elephant & zebra & kangaroo \\
bear & camel & wallaby
\end{array}\right\}
\]
If the built-in \texttt{array} environment cannot do all that you want, use the \texttt{amsmath} package and its \texttt{matrix} environment, which provides more options.
\section{Special Math Environments}