Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Centering a columns in a table about \pm

[angleg]

Hello,

I have generated a table of about 8 columns that have middle centering each and in 4 of the columns I would like to have the column of data to be centered about the plus and minus sign. My thoughts were to create a save box that was centered about the \pm and insert this inside the table. Unfortunately, the original tables centering is overriding my desire to change this based on what I place in the column. Below is an example of the first two rows of a 26 row table.

the savebox will go into the last 4 columns which I want to be centered about the \pm


newsavebox\myboxa
\savebox\myboxa{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
0.3& \pm &.02
\end{array}$}
\newsavebox\myboxaa
\savebox\myboxaa{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
3824.2 &\pm &772.6
\end{array}$}
\newsavebox\myboxaaa
\savebox\myboxaaa{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
88.5& \pm &2.4
\end{array}$}
\newsavebox\myboxaaaa
\savebox\myboxaaaa{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
79.6& \pm &2.9
\end{array}$}

\newsavebox\myboxb
\savebox\myboxb{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
0.25&\pm&.02
\end{array}$}
\newsavebox\myboxbb
\savebox\myboxbb{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
4375.5&\pm&89
\end{array}$}
\newsavebox\myboxbbb
\savebox\myboxbbb{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
76.7&\pm&2.2
\end{array}$}
\newsavebox\myboxbbbb
\savebox\myboxbbbb{%
$\begin{array}{rcl}
67.9&\pm&2.8
\end{array}$}

\begin{table*}[!h]
\caption{\label{tab:table4}A Summary of detailed syllable analysis}
\begin{ruledtabular}
\begin{tabular}{lllccccc}
$Syllable$ &$Frequency Sweep$ &$Repeated$ &$Duration$ &$Spacing$ &$Dominent Frequency/PF$ &$Peak Power$ &$Energy$\\

\hline
A& Linear & Single & \usebox\myboxa& $ - $ & \usebox\myboxaa & \usebox\myboxaaa &\usebox\myboxaaaa \\
B& Linear & Single & \usebox\myboxb& $ - $ & \usebox\myboxbb & \usebox\myboxbbb & \usebox\myboxbbbb\\
\end{tabular}
\end{ruledtabular}
\end{table*}

Thanks for any help.
angleg

[localghost]

At first, please

• Always provide a small, complete and compilable, shortly said a minimal working example (MWE).
• Use the code environment for tagging longer pieces of code to keep this code and the post clear.

Alignment in this way can be done either with dcolumn or siunitx.


Best regards
Thorsten