Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ side by side figures

[daviddoria]

I would like to have 3 images side by side. I tried to use this:

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\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\label{BadMatchFigure}
\begin{array}{ccc}
\includegraphics{images/ConcaveWorld} & \includegraphics{images/GoodOccludedModel} & \includegraphics{images/PerfectModel}
\end{array}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

But I get "missing $ inserted" errors. Is there a better way to do this?

Dave

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Dave,

you could use the subfig package, have a look at its documentation.
Or just set minipages side-by-side.

The error you've mentioned occured because the array environment has to be used in math mode. In text mode you could use tabular, tabularx etc.

Btw. in figure environments I would use \centering instead of \begin{center} ... \end{center}, see center vs. \centering.

Stefan

[localghost]

The current version of the caption package comes with the subcaption package, which provides the same but more reliable capabilities as the subfig package.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[gmedina]

Hi,

another option would be to use the subcaption package (a tiny companion of the caption package):

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \begin{subfigure}[b]{.3\linewidth}
    \centering
    \rule{2cm}{2cm}
    \caption{A subfigure.}
    \label{fig:subfiga}
  \end{subfigure}%
  \begin{subfigure}[b]{.3\linewidth}
    \centering
    \rule{2cm}{4cm}
    \caption{A subfigure.}
    \label{fig:subfigb}
  \end{subfigure}%
  \begin{subfigure}[b]{.3\linewidth}
    \centering
    \rule{2cm}{3cm}
    \caption{A subfigure.}
    \label{fig:subfigc}
  \end{subfigure}%
  \caption{A figure with three subfigures.}
  \label{fig:testfig}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Please refer to the subcaption documentation for further information.

Edit: localghost has already suggested the subcaption package, so this post can be deleted.

[prince8889]

hiii...

I just want to know where is the figure name mentioned in the above code or to make it is easy what is the figure name in the above code???

[localghost]

hiii...

I just want to know where is the figure name mentioned in the above code or to make it is easy what is the figure name in the above code???

Ask targeted and clearly phrased questions with an adequate problem description in the topic you opened for this purpose [1]. This is certainly better than reactivating a thread that is more than three(!) years old.

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