Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ multirow alignment

[ihowarth]

I'm trying to vertically align some table columns on a "+/-" between numbers; one line in one column needs to span two rows, and I can't get the "+/-" in the right position vertically. Here's my best try:

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\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{dcolumn}

\begin{tabular}{l r@{\,$\pm$\,}l r}
\hline
Col1 & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Col2} &Col3\\
\hline
Line 1  & 25.3 & 5.3                                     & 26.6  \\
Line 2  & \multirow{2}{*}{13.50}& \multirow{2}{*}{0.52} & 13.22 \\
Line 3  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{}                           & 14.08 \\
Line 4  & 5.65 & 0.06                                    & 5.641 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Of course, this puts a "+/-" on line 2, not mid-way between lines 2 and 3 as required; but this alternative breaks:

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Line 2  & \multirow{2}{*}{13.50&0.52}                    & 13.22 \\

Any ideas? Thanks...

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi!

Your table setup is a bit unusual, so it's not really supported by standard features. You could even put \multirow into a \multicolumn argument.

For better alignment options I would use a column for the \pm as it gets difficult with using that @ feature as you noticed.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{l r @{\,}c@{\,} l r}
\hline
Col1 & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Col2} &Col3\\
\hline
Line 1  & 25.3 & $\pm$ & 5.3     & 26.6  \\
Line 2  & \multirow{2}{*}{13.50} & \multirow{2}{*}{$\pm$}
        & \multirow{2}{*}{0.52} & 13.22 \\
Line 3  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{}   & & 14.08 \\
Line 4  & 5.65 & $\pm$ & 0.06    & 5.641 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

The table design could be improved, let me know if you would like to improve it. The lines nearly touch the content at the top.

Stefan

[ihowarth]

Thanks Stefan, that's a good work-round