Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ How do I automatically add linebreaks to my table?

[rain]

Hello, my table goes out of screen.

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\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Criteria} & \textbf{k-Anonymity}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              & \textbf{(X, Y)-Anonymity}                                                                                                                                                                                        & \textbf{Multirelational k-Anonymity}                 \\ \hline
\textbf{Purpose}  & Single table where each row  represents a distinct person.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        & Single table where one person can appear in multiple rows.                                                                                                                                                       & Multiple relational tables.                          \\ \hline
\textbf{Weakness} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\\ Does not guarantee sufficient privacy when person is present in multiple rows.\\ Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\\ Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\end{tabular} & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. \\ \hline
\textbf{Strength} & Intuitive, easy to check.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         &                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &                                                      \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

When I add \resizebox then table gets too small to read.

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\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\textbf{Criteria} & \textbf{k-Anonymity}                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              & \textbf{(X, Y)-Anonymity}                                                                                                                                                                                        & \textbf{Multirelational k-Anonymity}                 \\ \hline
\textbf{Purpose}  & Single table where each row  represents a distinct person.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        & Single table where one person can appear in multiple rows.                                                                                                                                                       & Multiple relational tables.                          \\ \hline
\textbf{Weakness} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\\ Does not guarantee sufficient privacy when person is present in multiple rows.\\ Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\\ Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\end{tabular} & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. \\ \hline
\textbf{Strength} & Intuitive, easy to check.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         &                                                                                                                                                                                                                  &                                                      \\ \hline
\end{tabular}}
\end{table}

how do I get latex to automatically break lines like word does?

[Johannes_B]

If i understand you correct, you want something like the following.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash\setlength{\parskip}{.5em}}p{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
	\centering
	\caption{My caption}
	\label{my-label}
	\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lXXX}
		\toprule
		\textbf{Criteria} & \textbf{k-Anonymity}& \textbf{(X,~Y)\-Anonymity}& \textbf{Multirelational k-Anonymity}\\ \midrule
		\textbf{Purpose}  & Single table where each row  represents a distinct person.& Single table where one person can appear in multiple rows.& Multiple relational tables.\\ \addlinespace
		\textbf{Weakness} & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\par Does not guarantee sufficient privacy when person is present in multiple rows.\par Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database. & Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\par Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. \\ \addlinespace
		\textbf{Strength} & Intuitive, easy to check.&&\\ \bottomrule
	\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

[rain]

Yes, however the lines dont touch each other. They are just separate lines, but I wish to have one table. Like with tabular when all lines are connected.

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\begin{table}
        \centering
        \caption{My caption}
        \label{my-label}
        \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|l|X|X|X|}
                \toprule
                \textbf{Criteria} & \textbf{k-Anonymity}& \textbf{(X,~Y)\-Anonymity}& \textbf{Multirelational k-Anonymity}\\ \midrule
                \textbf{Purpose}  & Single table where each row  represents a distinct person.& Single table where one person can appear in multiple rows.& Multiple relational tables.\\ \addlinespace \midrule
                \textbf{Weakness} & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\par Does not guarantee sufficient privacy when person is present in multiple rows.\par Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database. & Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\par Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. \\ \addlinespace \midrule
                \textbf{Strength} & Intuitive, easy to check.&&\\ \bottomrule
        \end{tabularx}
\end{table}

[Johannes_B]

Don't use the commands of package booktabs, then. It discourages vertical lines in tables as they make tables much harder to read.

[rain]

Ok. That didnt actually help me because I dont understand how I should change this code then? What commands exactly and what would be the replacements?

[Johannes_B]

If you don't want to have your table look a bit more professional, use the commands you already knwo to look it more like a prison bar grid.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash\setlength{\parskip}{.5em}}p{#1}}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
	\centering
	\caption{My caption}
	\label{my-label}
	\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|l|X|X|X|}
		\hline
		\textbf{Criteria} & \textbf{k-Anonymity}& \textbf{(X,~Y)\-Anonymity}& \textbf{Multirelational k-Anonymity}\\ \hline
		\textbf{Purpose}  & Single table where each row  represents a distinct person.& Single table where one person can appear in multiple rows.& Multiple relational tables.\\ \hline
		\textbf{Weakness} & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute.\par Does not guarantee sufficient privacy when person is present in multiple rows.\par Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database. & Does not offer sufficient privacy or renders table useless for dataminers when used on multi relational database.\par Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. & Does not guarantee diversity of sensitive attribute. \\ \hline
		\textbf{Strength} & Intuitive, easy to check.&&\\ \hline
	\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}