Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ leftbar environment with table generates error?

[ptrcao]

! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode.

Minimal example:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{booktabs}

\usepackage{framed}


\begin{document}

\begin{leftbar}

\begin{table}[h!]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l l l l}
\toprule
& black & red & yellow\\
\midrule
expected \% & 70 & 26 & 1\\
observed \% & 64 & 33 & 3\\  
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}


As the cross-tabulation above shows, black was underrepresented by 6\% in the ecologist's captive population, whilst both of red and yellow were overrepresented by 7\% and 2\% respectively, relative to the wild population.
\end{leftbar}

\end{document}

[localghost]

The contents of the framed regions are restricted: Floats, footnotes, margin-
pars and head-line entries will be lost. (Some of these may be handled in a later
version.) This package will not work with the page breaking of multicol, or
other systems that perform column-balancing.

Any questions?


Thorsten

[ptrcao]

Thanks localghost.

So how can I emulate the effect of leftbar, since the environment doesn't seem to support tables?

[localghost]

I see no caption for your table. So why do you need a table environment?

[ptrcao]

I see no caption for your table. So why do you need a table environment?

Ah, I see your point. Usually I find the table environment helps to control the line spacing before and after the table, so for aesthetic reasons, but I guess this could easily be achieved manually?

In this case, you are right, I can forgo the table environment because I'm not using a caption. Elsewhere in the document I'm afraid captions would be used, so it'd still be nice to find a way to make it work...

[localghost]

[…] Usually I find the table environment helps to control the line spacing before and after the table, so for aesthetic reasons, but I guess this could easily be achieved manually? […]

Additional vertical space is not necessary here. The leftbar environment already inserts some space (see code below).

[…] Elsewhere in the document I'm afraid captions would be used, so it'd still be nice to find a way to make it work […]

Take a look at the caption package and its \captionof command (see code sample below).

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs,framed}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext
  \begin{leftbar}
    \captionof{table}{Table caption}
    \centerline{%
      \begin{tabular}{lccc}\toprule
        & black & red & yellow\\ \midrule
        expected \% & 70 & 26 & 1 \\
        observed \% & 64 & 33 & 3 \\ \bottomrule
      \end{tabular}
    }

    \bigskip
    As the cross-tabulation above shows, black was underrepresented by 6\% in the ecologist's captive population, whilst both of red and yellow were overrepresented by 7\% and 2\% respectively, relative to the wild population.
  \end{leftbar}
  \blindtext
\end{document}

Although not recommendable, the \centerline command was exceptionally used here to center the table (see l2tabu). Other approaches didn't work properly for me.

As always, the blindtext package is only for creating dummy text thus not part of the solution.

[ptrcao]

[…] Usually I find the table environment helps to control the line spacing before and after the table, so for aesthetic reasons, but I guess this could easily be achieved manually? […]

Additional vertical space is not necessary here. The leftbar environment already inserts some space (see code below).

[…] Elsewhere in the document I'm afraid captions would be used, so it'd still be nice to find a way to make it work […]

Take a look at the caption package and its \captionof command (see code sample below).

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{booktabs,framed}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext
  \begin{leftbar}
    \captionof{table}{Table caption}
    \centerline{%
      \begin{tabular}{lccc}\toprule
        & black & red & yellow\\ \midrule
        expected \% & 70 & 26 & 1 \\
        observed \% & 64 & 33 & 3 \\ \bottomrule
      \end{tabular}
    }

    \bigskip
    As the cross-tabulation above shows, black was underrepresented by 6\% in the ecologist's captive population, whilst both of red and yellow were overrepresented by 7\% and 2\% respectively, relative to the wild population.
  \end{leftbar}
  \blindtext
\end{document}

Although not recommendable, the \centerline command was exceptionally used here to center the table (see l2tabu). Other approaches didn't work properly for me.

As always, the blindtext package is only for creating dummy text thus not part of the solution.

Very good; it works, though not ideal as you point out.

Q: I noticed the commenting out immediately after "\centerline{" was necessary or else \centerline is inappropriately applied to the text after the table as well. Why does that happen? Thanks.

[localghost]

[…] it works, though not ideal as you point out. […]

Where did I say that. The table is centered properly.

[…] I noticed the commenting out immediately after "\centerline{" was necessary or else \centerline is inappropriately applied to the text after the table as well. Why does that happen? […]

In some cases the „%“ character affects the following code (detailed explanation in „The TeXbook“). But not here, where it was only used for security precaution to avoid spaces (usually helpful in macro definitions). The output is the same with or without it

[ptrcao]

[…] it works, though not ideal as you point out. […]

Where did I say that. The table is centered properly.

Yes, you are right; I only meant un-ideal in the sense that the use of \centerline is discouraged. But that's ok; we do what we have to to make it work.

The output is the same with or without it

Yes, I can confirm that. The difference I was talking about was actually due to me changing \centering to \centerline, and not by adding/removing "%".

My mistake, and thanks again Thorsten, the solution is perfectly sufficient.