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Simultaneous alignment in cell of table
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
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
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Simultaneous alignment in cell of table
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.:
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}|}\hlineleft & center & right & here is a bunch of text that I want full justification for.\\\hline\end{tabular}
Simultaneous alignment in cell of table
Awesome 
So, I've tried some of that, and received an error.
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?

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}
! 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?
Simultaneous alignment in cell of table
Hi,
add \arraybackslash immediately after every \centering (or \raggedright or \raggedleft) command:
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}
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89,144,233,...
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Simultaneous alignment in cell of table
The \arraybackslash command is only necessary for the last column to restore the \\ command for a new tabular line.Al.x wrote:Awesome. So, I've tried some of that, and received an error.[…]
Best regards and welcome to the board
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Simultaneous alignment in cell of table
localghost wrote:The \arraybackslash command is only necessary for the last column to restore the \\ command for a new tabular line.Al.x wrote:Awesome. So, I've tried some of that, and received an error.[…]
Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten
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?gmedina wrote:Hi,
add \arraybackslash immediately after every \centering (or \raggedright or \raggedleft) command:
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Code, edit and compile here:\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}
Regards,
Alex
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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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