Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ \multicolumn stretches last column on row below

[crobar]

Hello,

I want to make a table with a heading row which has two cells, one spanning one column, and the other spanning another four rows. The code for the table is shown below:

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\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
    
\begin{table}
%\begin{minipage}[b]{0.5\linewidth}%\centering
%\centering
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.4}
%\scalebox{1.0}{
\begin{tabular}{l c c c c}
\toprule
\textbf {Group}                                 &       \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf {No. rabbits required for each implantation period}} \\
                                                                &               12                  &                   26          &           52              &           78                                      \\ \midrule
Test sample in bone                         &               12                  &                   12          &           12              &           12                                      \\
Control sample in bone                  &               12                  &                   12          &           12              &           12                                      \\
Test sample in muscle                       &               12                  &                   12          &           12              &           12                                      \\
Control sample in muscle                &               12                  &                   12          &           12              &           12                                      \\\bottomrule                                                                                   
\end{tabular}
%}
\caption{insert caption}
\label{tab:examiner2assessment2}
\end{table}
\end{document}
 
 
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How do I get the four columns spanned by the multicolumn to be of equal width?

Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi crobar,

you could use the tabularx package:

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\usepackage{tabularx}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
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\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lCCCC}
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\end{tabularx}
 
 
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Here are also \multicolumn-Examples: Creating tables with LaTeX.

Viele Grüße,

Stefan

[crobar]

That works perfectly, thanks!