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}

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}
...
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lCCCC}
...
\end{tabularx}

Here are also \multicolumn-Examples: Creating tables with LaTeX.

Viele Grüße,

Stefan

[crobar]

That works perfectly, thanks!