Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ newcolumntype with mathmode

[breien36]

Hello,

I want to create some tables with tabularx, which contain much formula stuff. This specific table has 1 column for formula description and 2 colums for the formulas. I dont want to type the math-environment "$ $" for each single field, so i tried to create a new columtype which is automatically in mathmode.

I found \newcolumntype{Z}{>{$}X<{$}} via Google, which is supposed to do exactly what I want.
When I now use the environment
\begin{tabularx}{350pt}{X|Z|X|X}
\end{tabularx}
compiling with pdflatex (using texmaker) i get errors. The created table has some spacing errors, but the math-environment seems to work, because the log doesnt show any $-errors (autofill, replace, bla)

Is the \newcolumntype definition wrong? I did programming stuff before and know principles of arguments etc., but the huge load of possibilities and selfclaimed tutorials is too much.

If you need more information like the sourcecode let me know,so I will post it.

[localghost]

[…] If you need more information like the source code let me know, so I will post it.

Yes, indeed. It is always helpful to prepare a minimal example. In this case it is indispensable. Your descriptions are too vague to comprehend the problem.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[frabjous]

I tested this document:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
\newcolumntype{Z}{>{$}X<{$}} 
\begin{tabularx}{350pt}{X|Z|X|X}
A & 2+2=4 & C & D \\
E & 2+3=5 & H & I 
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

And it works fine, as far as I can tell. Please post a minimal working example which allows us to duplicate the problems you're having.

[breien36]

Hello,
sorry i didnt post a MWE the first time. Here it is:

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\newcolumntype{Z}{>{$}X<{$}}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{350pt}{r|Z|Z|Z}

Größen & elektrisches Strömungsfeld & elektrisches Feld in  Nichtleitern & magnetisches Feld \\
\hline
Feldvektoren & \overrightarrow{E}, \overrightarrow{S} & \overrightarrow{E}, \overrightarrow{D} & \overrightarrow{H}, \overrightarrow{B} \\
\hline
Zsh. Feldvektoren & \overrightarrow{S} = \gamma \overrightarrow{E} & \overrightarrow{D} = \epsilon \overrightarrow{E} & \overrightarrow{H} = \mu \overrightarrow{B} \\
\hline
\hline
Integrale Größen \\
\hline
Ströme und Flüsse & I = \int \overrightarrow{S} d \overrightarrow{A} & \Psi = \int \overrightarrow{D} d \overrightarrow{A} & \Phi = \int \overrightarrow{B} d \overrightarrow{A} \\
\hline

\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

Also got my log here:

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! Please use \mathaccent for accents in math mode.
<recently read> \accent 
                        
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
I'm changing \accent to \mathaccent here; wish me luck.
(Accents are not the same in formulas as they are in text.)

! Missing { inserted.
<to be read again> 
                   \fontdimen 
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
A left brace was mandatory here, so I've put one in.
You might want to delete and/or insert some corrections
so that I will find a matching right brace soon.
(If you're confused by all this, try typing `I}' now.)

! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text> 
                }
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
I've put in what seems to be necessary to fix
the current column of the current alignment.
Try to go on, since this might almost work.

! Please use \mathaccent for accents in math mode.
<recently read> \accent 
                        
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
I'm changing \accent to \mathaccent here; wish me luck.
(Accents are not the same in formulas as they are in text.)

! Missing { inserted.
<to be read again> 
                   \fontdimen 
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
A left brace was mandatory here, so I've put one in.
You might want to delete and/or insert some corrections
so that I will find a matching right brace soon.
(If you're confused by all this, try typing `I}' now.)

! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text> 
                }
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
I've put in what seems to be necessary to fix
the current column of the current alignment.
Try to go on, since this might almost work.


LaTeX Warning: Command \" invalid in math mode on input line 28.

! Please use \mathaccent for accents in math mode.
<recently read> \accent 
                        
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
I'm changing \accent to \mathaccent here; wish me luck.
(Accents are not the same in formulas as they are in text.)

! Missing { inserted.
<to be read again> 
                   \fontdimen 
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
A left brace was mandatory here, so I've put one in.
You might want to delete and/or insert some corrections
so that I will find a matching right brace soon.
(If you're confused by all this, try typing `I}' now.)

! Missing } inserted.
<inserted text> 
                }
l.28 \end{tabularx}
                   
I've put in what seems to be necessary to fix
the current column of the current alignment.
Try to go on, since this might almost work.


Overfull \hbox (64.5255pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 28--28
[]|$\OML/cmm/m/it/10.95 elektrischesStr[]$| 
 []


Overfull \hbox (83.82715pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 28--28
[]|$\OML/cmm/m/it/10.95 elektrischesFeldinNichtleitern$| 
 []


Overfull \hbox (19.21219pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 28--28
[]|$\OML/cmm/m/it/10.95 magnetischesFeld$| 
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I see the \mathaccents comment in my log, but I never had any problems of this kind with mathmode before. Hm.

[frabjous]

Your problem does not have much to do with the \newcolumntype specification. It has to do with the header row, which is text, but you've put it in math mode. The accented characters in particular cannot be used like that in math mode, and you don't want these headers in math mode anyway. My suggestion would be to override the column specifications in the header row. The easiest way to do this might be to use \multicolumn command but set the number of columns to span only to one.

Is this what you're after?

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\newcolumntype{Z}{>{$}X<{$}}

\begin{document}

\begin{tabularx}{350pt}{r|Z|Z|Z}

Größen &\multicolumn{1}{X|}{elektrisches Strömungsfeld} & \multicolumn{1}{X|}{elektrisches Feld in  Nichtleitern} & \multicolumn{1}{X}{magnetisches Feld} \\
\hline
Feldvektoren & \overrightarrow{E}, \overrightarrow{S} & \overrightarrow{E}, \overrightarrow{D} & \overrightarrow{H}, \overrightarrow{B} \\
\hline
Zsh. Feldvektoren & \overrightarrow{S} = \gamma \overrightarrow{E} & \overrightarrow{D} = \epsilon \overrightarrow{E} & \overrightarrow{H} = \mu \overrightarrow{B} \\
\hline
\hline
Integrale Größen \\
\hline
Ströme und Flüsse & I = \int \overrightarrow{S} d \overrightarrow{A} & \Psi = \int \overrightarrow{D} d \overrightarrow{A} & \Phi = \int \overrightarrow{B} d \overrightarrow{A} \\
\hline

\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

[breien36]

Well, thats exactly how I want it. Thank you very much for your help

[localghost]

Well, thats exactly how I want it. […]

Then please mark the topic (not the last post) accordingly.