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Wooldridge1
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Broken Line in Table

Post by Wooldridge1 »

Hello,

I would like to have a broken line under the first row of my table. Like this:

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I hope you can help me.:)

Greetings & many thanks in advance! :-)

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Broken Line in Table

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

Hello,

I would use the booktabs package and the \cmidrule command. It can shorten a line but also putting lines just along a single column, as you seem to want.

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Broken Line in Table

Post by Wooldridge1 »

I have problem with this.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{table}
\caption{Overview}
\par\bigskip
\label{overview}
\rotatebox{90}{%
\centering
\begin{tabular}{p{4cm}p{4.5cm}p{4cm}p{4.2cm}p{1.8cm}lllll}
\firsthline
Name A & Name A & Name A & Name A & Name A \\
\cmidrule{1-5}
A & B & C & D & E \\
A & B & C & D & E \\
\lasthline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table}
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I use the package booktabs.

I hope someone can help me. :-)

Greetings and many thanks in advance.
Wooldridge1
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Re: Broken Line in Table

Post by Wooldridge1 »

Unfortunately I have not reached my target. I hope you can help me. :)
rais
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Broken Line in Table

Post by rais »

well, you just have to split your \cmidrule into one for each column and trim them separately, if I understood you correctly.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{rotating}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\caption{Overview}
% \par\bigskip
\label{overview}
\rotatebox{90}{%
\centering
\begin{tabular}{@{}p{4cm}p{4.5cm}p{4cm}p{4.2cm}p{1.8cm}@{}}
% \firsthline<-- what's that?
\toprule
Name A & Name A & Name A & Name A & Name A \\
\cmidrule(r){1-1}
\cmidrule(lr{3.4cm}){2-2}
\cmidrule(lr){3-3}
\cmidrule(lr){4-4}
\cmidrule(l){5-5}
A & B & C & D & E \\
A & B & C & D & E \\
% \lasthline<-- what's that?
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}%
}
\end{table}
\end{document}
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KR
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Re: Broken Line in Table

Post by Wooldridge1 »

Thank you very much! :)
Wooldridge1
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Broken Line in Table

Post by Wooldridge1 »

Now I try to create a more complex table wit broken lines.

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Code, edit and compile here:
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{lllllllllll}
\hline
& & \multicolumn{9}{l}{} \\ \hline
& & \multicolumn{3}{l}{} & \multicolumn{3}{l}{} & \multicolumn{3}{l}{} \\
& & & & & & & & & & \\
& & & & & & & & & & \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
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I want that the multicolums are underlined with a broken line. However, I cannot create such a table. I hope you can help me :-)

Thank you very much and best regards,
Wooly :-)
Last edited by cgnieder on Wed Oct 26, 2016 6:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Broken Line in Table

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Your table does not have any content.
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Re: Broken Line in Table

Post by Wooldridge1 »

That's true. I will paste the content later ... the calculations are not done. :/

I still look for help. :)
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Broken Line in Table

Post by rais »

Your new table doesn't contain any \cmidrule.

KR
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