Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Inaccurate vertical Table Line

[TesTT]

Hey,

I have the following code

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\begin{document}
  The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

  \begin{tabular}{
    >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{1.2cm}
    >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{1.4cm}|
    >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2.0cm}
    >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2.0cm}|
    >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2.0cm}
    >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2.0cm}
  }\hline
    & & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Time} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Iterations} \\
    A & B & C1 & C2 & D1 & D2 \\ \hline
    1 & 45 & 0.051 & 0.075 & 4 & 18 \\
    2 & 300 & 0.052 & 0.099 & 7	& 47 \\
    3 & 530 & 0.063 & 0.131 & 7	& 73 \\
  \end{tabular}
\end{document}

The thing is that the 2nd vertical line doesnt cover the entire height of the table. In the first line there is a piece missing. What has happened?

I tried to use

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\multicolumn{2}{|c}{Iterations}

so that the entire height is covered, but it looks just a little bit crooked to me. :/

[Stefan Kottwitz]

It's caused by the format change by \multicolumn. You can change it by adding a | in the \multicolumn argument too, similar to what you tried, but at the right of the Time cell:

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\multicolumn{2}{c|}{Time}

Tables with vertical lines are harder to read row by row. That's why good books often don't use vertical lines, but a few horizontal lines to structure a table, i.e. top line and bottom line, and separating a head row, possibly grouping related entries.

A quick design example from Creating tables in LaTeX:

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Stefan

[TesTT]

As I said in my first post, if I do what you suggest then my table looks crooked (see attachment).

:/

Edit:
Oh, my bad, you were right, of course. it all looks terrific now. Thanks.