Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Simultaneous alignment in cell of table

[Al.x]

Hi guys,

I've been making quite a few tables these past few days. Been using the array-package to allow vertical alignment in the tabular-environment, typically;

\begin{tabular}{b{1.5cm}b{1.5cm}b{1.5cm}b{1.5cm}b{1.5cm}}
... bunch of stuff
\end{tabular}

But how on earth does one handle horizontal alignment simultaneously?

Alex

[frabjous]

I typically use the > and < to put declarations at the beginning or end of every entry in a given column. (See p. 2 of the array package's documentation.)

Perhaps this will give you the basic idea.

E.g.:

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\begin{tabular}{|>{\raggedright}b{1.5cm}|>{\centering}b{1.5cm}|>{\flushright}b{1.5cm}|b{1.5cm}|}
\hline
left & center & right & here is a bunch of text that I want full justification for.\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

[Al.x]

Awesome

So, I've tried some of that, and received an error.

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\begin{tabular}{>{\centering}b{2cm}>{\centering}b{2cm}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}>{\centering}b{\cellWidth}}
Series & Number of observations & Mean & Median & Minimum & Maximum & Standard deviation & Skewness & Kurtosis \\ \hline
	\end{tabular}

This gave me:
! Misplaced \noalign.
\hline ->\noalign
{\ifnum 0=`}\fi \hrule \@height \arrayrulewidth \futurelet...
l.271 ...deviation & Skewness & Kurtosis \\ \hline

Also, I get a lot of overfull \hbox

PS. \cellWidth is just a variable with a width (and yeah, I tested entering the width directly).

Anyone have a clue?

[gmedina]

Hi,

add \arraybackslash immediately after every \centering (or \raggedright or \raggedleft) command:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{array}

\newcommand\cellWidth{2cm}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}%
  {*{2}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}b{2cm}}*{8}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}b{\cellWidth}}}
  Series & Number of observations & Mean & Median & Minimum & Maximum & Standard deviation & Skewness & Kurtosis \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

[localghost]

Awesome. So, I've tried some of that, and received an error.[…]

The \arraybackslash command is only necessary for the last column to restore the \\ command for a new tabular line.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Al.x]

Awesome. So, I've tried some of that, and received an error.[…]

The \arraybackslash command is only necessary for the last column to restore the \\ command for a new tabular line.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

Hi,

add \arraybackslash immediately after every \centering (or \raggedright or \raggedleft) command:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{array}

\newcommand\cellWidth{2cm}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}%
  {*{2}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}b{2cm}}*{8}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}b{\cellWidth}}}
  Series & Number of observations & Mean & Median & Minimum & Maximum & Standard deviation & Skewness & Kurtosis \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Thank you both! That worked perfectly Do any of you know what's going on in the background? Why does the \\ need to be restored? What is it exactly that \arraybackslash does?

Regards,
Alex

[localghost]

See the array manual (p. 22 bottom) for a brief explanation. You can access it via command line on your local machine.

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