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%%  Example 02-23-1 on page 98.
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{375.57637pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

\usepackage{tabularx,widetable}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{|l|c@{\kern\tabcolsep\vrule\extracolsep{\fill}}c|}\hline
column A & wider column B & longtable*\\\hline
\end{tabular*}\par\bigskip
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{|l|X|X|}\hline
column A & wider column B & tabularx\\\hline
\end{tabularx}\par\bigskip
\begin{widetable}{\linewidth}{|l|c|c|}\hline
column A & wider column B & widetable\\\hline
\end{widetable}
\end{document}