Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure & table side-by-side in minipage -- caption wrong

[sputnik_b]

Hi,

I'm using the minipage environment to place a figure and table side-by-side, similar to this:

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\begin{figure}[t]
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
    \includegraphics % figure here
    \caption{Figure caption}
  \end{minipage}
  \begin{minipage}{0.5\textwidth}
    \begin{tabular}
     % table data here
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Table caption}
  \end{minipage}
\end{figure}

The problem is that the table gets labeled as a Figure when the caption is printed, whereas I need it to say Table. The figure, of course, must still be labeled as Figure.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks...

[gmedina]

One possible solution would be to use the \captionof command provided by the caption package. Take a look at the following example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}

{\centering
\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{2cm} %to simulate an actual figure
  \captionof{figure}{Figure caption}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{0.45\textwidth}
  \centering
  \rule{4cm}{2cm} %to simulate an actual table
  \captionof{table}{Table caption}
\end{minipage}
}

\end{document}