General ⇒ Extra lines in table

[ijc]

I'm having a bit of bother with a simple table. I currently have two extra vertical lines coming down from the first column. I felt it was due to the second \\ I use, but if I take that out it errors on the second \hline.

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\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{....}
\begin{tabular}{ |r|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c| }
\hline
Note & G & A ... & A'\\
\hline
Frequency (Hz) & 449 & 460 ... & 915\\  
\hline
\label{....}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Thanks in advance for your help,

ijc

[ijc]

Also, is there an easy way to get the caption at the bottom of the table, when I previously tried it, it always error'ed for some reason or another, putting it at the top seemed like the only way to make it stop.

[localghost]

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\begin{table}[!ht]
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{|r|*{12}{c|} \hline
    Note & G & A ... & A' \\ \hline
    Frequency (Hz) & 449 & 460 ... & 915 \\ \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{A Table}\label{tab:table}
\end{table}

The code of your table seems to be correct. So, you might provide a minimal working example (MWE) that shows the undesired behaviour and add the result as a PDF file in the attachment.

Also, is there an easy way to get the caption at the bottom of the table, when I previously tried it, it always error'ed for some reason or another, putting it at the top seemed like the only way to make it stop.

Modify the code as shown above and everything should work fine. The most important thing is to insert \caption before \label.


MfG
Thorsten¹

[ijc]

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\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ |r|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c| }
\hline
Note & G & A & B & C & D & E & F & G' & A'\\
\hline
Frequency (Hz) & 449 & 460 & 514 & 573 & 618 & 690 & 766 & 826 & 915\\
\hline
\label{tbl:pipechanterfreq}
\end{tabular}
\caption{This table shows the scale of a pipe chanter}
\end{table}

The caption on the bottom works fine - I think it's because before I didn't have the overall table tag, just the tabular ones when I tried it.

You can see in the attached image the extra lines there are...

Thanks for your help,

ijc

[localghost]

As I wrote in my last post, you have to take my example as provided. The \label command is not allowed inside the tabular environment and has to be put behind the \caption command. For some documentation about LaTeX basics refer to lshort and l2tabu.