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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-3-6 on page I-452 in "tabulary --- Column widths based on content".
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{207.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{tabulary}
\setlength\tymin{30pt} \setlength\tymax{200pt}

%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{tabulary}{200pt}{|C|C|C|C|}
 a & b b b b &
 c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c &
 d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
\empty
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d
 \end{tabulary}
\end{document}