[Tex/LaTex] Caption on tabular environment

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I have got codes like the following (generated by Kile). How can I add a caption. I guess I should have used the table environment. Is there any solution now?

\newcommand{\mc}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{#2}{#3}}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{rccll}
     &   & \mc{3}{c}{Colin}\\
     &   & a & \mc{1}{c}{b} & \mc{1}{c}{c}\\\cline{3-5}
Rose & \mc{1}{c|}{A} & \mc{1}{c|}{(1,2)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(2,5)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(4,4)}\\\cline{3-5}
     & \mc{1}{c|}{B} & \mc{1}{c|}{(7,4)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(3,5)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(0,6)}\\\cline{3-5}
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

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If you don't want to use a table environment, then you could use

\captionof{table}{Your caption here}

from the caption package.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}
\newcommand{\mc}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{#2}{#3}}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\captionof{table}{Your caption here}
\begin{tabular}{rccll}
   &   & \mc{3}{c}{Colin}\\
   &   & a & \mc{1}{c}{b} & \mc{1}{c}{c}\\\cline{3-5}
Rose & \mc{1}{c|}{A} & \mc{1}{c|}{(1,2)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(2,5)} & \mc{1}   {c|}{(4,4)}\\\cline{3-5}
   & \mc{1}{c|}{B} & \mc{1}{c|}{(7,4)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(3,5)} & \mc{1}{c|}{(0,6)}  \\\cline{3-5}
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

 \end{document}

Of course, using this approach means that your tables do not float- depending on the size of your document, and how many tables & figures it contains, this could be a serious issue.

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[Tex/LaTex] How to caption/subcaption a tabular? easily

Repeating the suggestions provided in the comments: Place the existing tabular environment inside a table environment. It is common -- though not mandatory -- to center the material inside a table environment. The command \centering achieves that objective. The table and figure environments are "floats", i.e., unless you explicitly instruct LaTeX not to do so, LaTeX will place them where it thinks it's best. For much more on floats and the LaTeX algorithm that determines float placement, see the posting How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

The table environment can be given a \caption and a \label. Assigning labels is useful if you want to cross-reference the table somewhere else in your document using the TeX/LaTeX command \ref.

If you do a lot of cross-referencing -- not only to tables, but to sections, figures, page numbers, etc -- you may want to get to know the cleveref package and its command \cref. For more on LaTeX's cross-referencing mechanisms and packages that provide enhanced cross-referencing macros see the posting Cross-reference packages: which to use, which conflict?

Here, finally, is your tabular environment encased in a table environment, with a couple of cross-referencing commands thrown in for good measure.

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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,x11names]{article}
\usepackage[vmargin=2.5cm, left=3.5cm, right=2.5cm] {geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[spanish]{babel}
\usepackage[spanish]{cleveref} %% new

\begin{document}
Hello, \dots

\begin{table}[h]  %% new
\centering        %% new
\caption{A simple table} %% new
\label{tab:simple}       %% new
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|r|}
  \hline
  % after \\: \hline or \cline{col1-col2} \cline{col3-col4} ...
  a & e & 12 \\
  \hline
  f & g & 3 \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table} %% new

Here's a cross-reference to table \ref{tab:simple}.  %% new

Here's a cross-reference to \cref{tab:simple}.  %% new
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] tables without tabular

Don't engage in so much visual formatting. Instead, define some pertinent table parameters -- such as centering the column contents, the heights of the rows, etc -- beforehand, and then create a lean and reasonably easy to read table.

In the example below, I've created a dummy definition of your \VTGN macro to make the code compilable. You'll notice a complete absence of \vspace{3mm} and \cl directives in the code. Observe the use of \bigstrut to size the heights of the rows: it's an object with a depth of 4ex below the text baseline and a height of 6ex above the baseline. (The strut's total height is thus 10pt.) Adjust these parameters as needed to get the desired spacing. The strut's width is 0pt; hence it's not visible. One \bigstrut per row suffices.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[paperheight=28cm, paperwidth=20cm, margin=2cm]{geometry}
\newcommand\VTGN[1]{#1} %% just so that this example compiles
\usepackage{tabularx}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\newcommand\bigstrut{\rule[-4ex]{0pt}{10ex}}
\begin{document}
\noindent
\begingroup
\setlength\tabcolsep{0.1pt} % default: 6pt
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{ | *{7}{Y|} }
\hline
\bigstrut & addition & subtraction & multiplication & division & exponentiation & rootification \\ 
\hline 
Vortigenu \bigstrut & \VTGN{+} & \VTGN{-} & \VTGN{*} & \VTGN{/} & \VTGN{\char"5E} & \VTGN{\char"40} \\ 
\hline
Earth \bigstrut & + & $-$ & $\times$ & $\div$ & ? & ? \\ 
\hline
\end{tabularx}
\endgroup
\end{document}

Addendum: I just noticed that you posted the following definition of the \VTGN macro:

\newcommand{\VTGN}[1]{\setmainfont{Vortigenu}{#1}\setmainfont{Times New Roman}}

Using \setmainfont in this manner is rather inefficient as well as quite complex; see Section 5 of the user guide of the fontspec package for a more in-depth explanation of this claim. I suggest you provide the following commands in the preamble:

\newfontfamily\vtgn{Vortigenu}
\newcommand\VTGN[1]{{\vtgn #1}} % Note the double curly braces

This definition of \VTGN makes it unnecessary to execute \setmainfont twice. Moreover, it works without having to know what the main document font happens to be.

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