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%% The LaTeX Companion, 3ed
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%% Example 6-2-10 on page I-442 in "Examples of preamble specifiers".
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%% Copyright (C) 2022 Frank Mittelbach
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\documentclass{tlc3exa}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setcounter{page}{6}
\setlength\textwidth{159.0pt}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{array}  \setlength\extrarowheight{4pt}
%StopShownPreambleCommands

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|>{$}l<{$}|l|}            \hline
      10!^{10!}        & a big number   \\
      10^{-999}        & a small number \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}