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title: "How to wrap long text in a table cell without custom cell?"  
description: "How to wrap long text in a table cell without custom cell?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2016-02-23  
updated: 2016-02-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33993/how-to-wrap-long-text-in-a-table-cell-without-custom-cell  
category: "iphone"  
tags: ["iphone", "ios", "objective c", "ipad"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to wrap long text in a table cell without custom cell?

I [am getting](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34179/i-am-getting-error-while-assigning-the-data-to-the-array-list) [problem](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81399/tackling-the-problem-of-unemployment-during-corona-pandemic) with the [long](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44565/white-wedding-dresses-long-prom-dresses) text in my [table view](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33654/send-table-view-cell-value-on-button-action-in-ios). I want to [wrap the text](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31738/how-can-you-wrap-the-text-within-a-cell-in-excel) in the table cell without creating a custom cell.I also try to set the **numberOfLines** to set the limitation of cell text but its not working, after that I try to set the cell height to extend using [method](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/166/webservice-method) **heightForRowAtIndexPath:** then cell height will extend but the text is not wrapped.Please help me how can I wrap [text in table cell](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33603/how-to-set-text-in-table-cell-to-right-and-left-in-ios) without [creating custom](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/34070/creating-custom-annotations-in-java) cell?\
thank you.


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