General ⇒ Centered contents in LaTeX tables

[Bluemilk]

Hi all,

The headers in my LaTeX tables have quite a bit of text. So I had to use the p command to specify the width of the column. Problem is, in the actual table, the contents of the cell are not centered, that is, I want my \checkmark command to be in the center of that cell. How do I solve this problem?

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\begin{table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{lp{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}}
\toprule
\multirow{3}{*}{\textbf{Weather}} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Rain in Spain} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{Rain In Italy} \\ \cmidrule(r){2-4} \cmidrule{5-7} &  Information here & Information here & Information here & Information here & Information here & Information here \\ \midrule
HAHA & & \checkmark & & & & \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
 \caption[MAC finalisation classification scheme]{MAC finalisation classification scheme}
\label{MACclasstable}
 \end{table}

Added in some arbitrary data in my code. My actual contents are not so nonsensical.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Bluemilk,

welcome to the LaTeX Community Forum!

You could use >{\centering\arraybackslash} right before the p column:

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\begin{tabular}{lp{2cm}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}p{2cm}}

You can find more information in the array documentation.

Stefan

[Bluemilk]

thanks! that worked like a charm!