Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ no clue how to create this table in latex

[pban92]

Hi guys,

I just gave up exploring any further to recreate this table http://picasaweb.google.com/pban92/Time ... 3898227570 in latex.

The best I could came up with found the following code and this is even after a whole day try,

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\documentclass[12pt]{amsart}
\usepackage{geometry} % see geometry.pdf on how to lay out the page. There's lots.
\usepackage{lscape}
\geometry{a4paper} % or letter or a5paper or ... etc
\begin{document}



\clearpage

\begin{landscape}

\begin{tabular}{|p{5cm}l*{27}{c}r}
Tasks              & J &F&M&A&M&J&J&A&S&O&N&D& J &F&M&A&M&J&J&A&S&O&N&D&J&F&M \\
\hline
 Literature Review &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&  \\
 Confirmation Exam &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&  \\
Hotwire          &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&  \\
Hotwire 	 &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&  \\
\end{tabular}
\end{landscape}
\end{document}

Any help would be beyond my appreciation.

Regards,

SMMM

[phi]

Hi,
here is an example that you can use as a starting point:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\usepackage{multirow}

\setlength\tabcolsep{1pt}

\newcommand*\MonthLetters{JFMAMJJASOND}
\newcommand*\NumMonths{27}
\newcommand*\YearMonths{12,12,3,}
\newcommand*\FirstYear{2009}

\makeatletter
\newcommand*\YearHeadRow{%
  \expandafter\TL@year@head\number\numexpr\FirstYear\expandafter\relax\expandafter\@nil\YearMonths\@nil
}
\def\TL@year@head#1\@nil#2,#3\@nil{%
  &\multicolumn{#2}{c|}{#1}%
  \ifx\\#3\\\else
    \TL@after@fi\TL@year@head\number\numexpr#1+1\relax\@nil#3\@nil
  \fi
}
\newcommand*\YearMonthSep[1]{%
  \cline{\numexpr#1+1\relax-\numexpr#1+\NumMonths\relax}%
}
\newcommand*\MonthHeadRow{%
  \expandafter\TL@month@head\expandafter\@ne\expandafter\@nil\MonthLetters\@nil
}
\def\TL@month@head#1\@nil#2#3\@nil{%
  &#2%
  \ifnum\NumMonths>#1 %
    \TL@after@fi\TL@month@head\number\numexpr#1+1\relax\@nil#3#2\@nil
  \fi
}
\newcount\TL@block@first
\newcount\TL@block@last
\newcommand*\NewBlock[3]{%
  \xglobal\colorlet{TL@block}{#1}%
  \global\TL@block@first\numexpr#2-1\relax
  \global\TL@block@last\numexpr#3+1\relax
  \ignorespaces
}
\newcount\TL@row
\newcommand*\Row[1]{%
  \global\advance\TL@row\@ne
  \number\TL@row&#1%
  \TL@cell\@ne
  \\\hline
}
\def\TL@cell#1{%
  &%
  \ifnum#1>\TL@block@first
    \ifnum#1<\TL@block@last
      \cellcolor{TL@block}%
    \fi
  \fi
  \ifnum\NumMonths>#1 %
    \expandafter\TL@cell\expandafter{\number\numexpr#1+1\expandafter}%
  \fi
}
\def\TL@after@fi#1\fi{\fi#1}
\makeatother


\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{|c|p{80pt}|*{\NumMonths}{c|}}
  \hline
  \multirow{2}{*}{\#} & \multirow{2}{*}{Tasks} \YearHeadRow \\
  \YearMonthSep{2}
  & \MonthHeadRow \\
  \hline
  \NewBlock{blue}{1}{\NumMonths}
  \Row{Literature Review}
  \NewBlock{yellow}{1}{2}
  \Row{Confirmation Exam}
  \NewBlock{gray}{3}{10}
  \Row{Hotwire construction of ``c/t vs St'' increased by integer}
  % ...
  \Row{Publication 01}
  \NewBlock{blue}{11}{18}
  \Row{Pressure measurement with splitter plate}
  % ...
  \NewBlock{green}{25}{\NumMonths}
  \Row{Thesis writing}
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

[pban92]

dude thanks beyond anything! U must hv been doing this latex thing for eternity! *hats off*

[pban92]

dude! came back again to thank you! just wondering how long you took to write all these long codes??? I love you man!

[eoinkm]

Dear phi,

I saw this post and was hoping that you could solve my problem.
I am writing my thesis at the moment and am getting extremely frustrated over this table:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/lh/photo/ ... directlink

that i'm trying to produce on LaTeX.

The majority of it is working however I'm receiving errors saying that there are too many
&s.

Can you please help me and as soon as possible as my deadline is coming up next week.

Cheers,
eoinkm

[phi]

Hello,
please create a new thread (so that other will read it, too) and post what you have got so far. As far as I can see, this is a pretty standard table without anything special, so you only need the standard tabular environment, \multicolumn and \cellcolor from the colortbl package.

[eoinkm]

so far I have come up with this:

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\begin{table}[!h]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline
\textbf{Virus}& \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{RABIES}& \multicolumn{4}{|c|}{VSVG}& \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{EBOLA}& \multicolumn{5}{|c|}{MOKOLA} \\ \hline
\textbf{Administration}&i.v.&i.m.&i.s.&i.v.&i.m.&i.p.&i.t.&i.v.&i.m.&i.v.&i.m.&i.p.&i.s.&i.t.\\ \hline
BRAIN&+&+&++&+&-&-&-&+&-&+&-&+&+&+\\ \cline{1-14}
S.CORD&+&+&+++&+&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&-&+&-\\ \cline{1-14}
P.NERVES&+&++&++&-&-&+/-&-&+&-&+/-&+&+/-&+&+/-\\ \cline{1-14}
HEART&+/-&-&-&++&+&-&+&+/-&+&+&+&++&-&++\\ \cline{1-14}
DIAPHRAGM&+/-&-&-&+++&+&+/-&-&+&+&++&+&++&-&++\\ \cline{1-14}
LIVER&+&-&-&+++&+&+/-&-&+&+&++&+&++&-&++\\ \cline{1-14}
SK.MUSCLE&-&+&-&+&++&++&+++&+/-&+&++&+++&+++&+&+++\\ \cline{1-14}
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\setlength{\captionmargin}{10pt}\caption{Themis results}
\label{themis}
\end{table}

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If you build this yourself though you will see the problem that I'm having.
Thanks,
eoinkm

P.S. this may sound stupid but I'm not very used to using forums and I'm not sure what you mean by posting a new thread

[localghost]

[...] P.S. this may sound stupid but I'm not very used to using forums and I'm not sure what you mean by posting a new thread

Just enter a forum and click on the "New Topic" button to open a new topic (thread) and with that a discussion to your request.


Best regards
Thorsten¹