[Tex/LaTex] Caption outside float in tabularx

captionstabularx

I am getting an error, while processing this latex file. Please help me. Thanks.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{threeparttablex}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[tablename=TABLE,labelsep=newline,aboveskip=0pt,bf,justification = centering]{caption}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage[capposition=top]{floatrow}
\newcommand*{\tabnospace}{\item \noindent \hspace{-0.05in}}
\newcommand{\gmc}[2]{\multicolumn{#1}{@{}#2@{}}}

\begin{document}

\begin{ThreePartTable}    
\footnotesize  

\begin{TableNotes}[flushleft]       
\small      
\tabnospace 
Notes: The table reports results from regression models of future forecast errors of real estate price changes on the corresponding-region accounting profitability change. Forecast errors are actual realizations of real estate price changes minus the corresponding-period forecasts from Econoday and Zillow. Table 1 provides more details on the variables and the sample. \hrule
\end{TableNotes}        

\singlespacing  

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{XXXX}
    \caption{\textbf{How is Regional Accounting Information Processed by Real Estate Forecasters?}}\\
    \gmc{4}{l}{Panel A. Econoday forecasts} \\\hline
    & \gmc{3}{c}{Future Forecast error of regional real estate price change} \\\hline
    & Estimate & Standard Error & t-statistic \\\hline
    $\Delta Prof_{region}$ &    0.100&  0.046&  2.165\\
    Intercept & 0.000&  0.001&  0.147 \\
    Adjusted $R^2$ &    0.154        \\\\\hline

    \gmc{4}{l}{Panel A. Zillow forecasts} \\\hline  
    &Estimate&  Standard Error& t-statistic\\
    $\Delta Prof_{region}$ &    0.068&  0.029&  2.389 \\
    Intercept&  0.000&  0.000&  0.347\\\\
    Adjusted $R^2$ &    0.145        \\
    \end{tabularx}   
\end{ThreePartTable}

\end{document}

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The \caption is within the tabularx environment, which is an error. But even outside it won't work, since Threeparttable is no floating environment. Use the caption package and \captionof{table}{\textbf{How is ...}} outside of tabularx instead, either below or above the tabularx environment, according to your needs.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{threeparttablex}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage[tablename=TABLE,labelsep=newline,aboveskip=0pt,bf,justification = centering]{caption}
\usepackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}
\usepackage[capposition=top]{floatrow}
\newcommand*{\tabnospace}{\item \noindent \hspace{-0.05in}}
\newcommand{\gmc}[2]{\multicolumn{#1}{@{}#2@{}}}

\begin{document}

\begin{ThreePartTable}    
\footnotesize  

\begin{TableNotes}[flushleft]       
\small      
\tabnospace 
Notes: The table reports results from regression models of future forecast errors of real estate price changes on the corresponding-region accounting profitability change. Forecast errors are actual realizations of real estate price changes minus the corresponding-period forecasts from Econoday and Zillow. Table 1 provides more details on the variables and the sample. \hrule
\end{TableNotes}        

\singlespacing  
\captionof{table}{\textbf{How is Regional Accounting Information Processed by Real Estate Forecasters?}}

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{XXXX}
    \gmc{4}{l}{Panel A. Econoday forecasts} \\\hline
    & \gmc{3}{c}{Future Forecast error of regional real estate price change} \\\hline
    & Estimate & Standard Error & t-statistic \\\hline
    $\Delta Prof_{region}$ &    0.100&  0.046&  2.165\\
    Intercept & 0.000&  0.001&  0.147 \\
    Adjusted $R^2$ &    0.154        \\\\\hline

    \gmc{4}{l}{Panel A. Zillow forecasts} \\\hline  
    &Estimate&  Standard Error& t-statistic\\
    $\Delta Prof_{region}$ &    0.068&  0.029&  2.389 \\
    Intercept&  0.000&  0.000&  0.347\\\\
    Adjusted $R^2$ &    0.145        \\
  \end{tabularx}   
\end{ThreePartTable}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] \caption outside float. Algorithms

Your code uses nothing involving the algorithm2e package and the use of the packages conflict with one another. Instead add the algorithm package to your preamble.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm,algpseudocode}

\begin{document}
\begin{algorithm}
  \caption{Euclid's algorithm}\label{euclid}
  \begin{algorithmic}[1]
    \Procedure{Euclid}{$a,b$}\Comment{The gcd of $a$ and $b$}
      \State $r \gets a \bmod b$
      \While{$r \neq 0$}\Comment{We have the answer if $r$ is $0$}
        \State $a \gets b$
        \State $b \gets r$
        \State $r \gets a \bmod b$
      \EndWhile\label{euclidendwhile}
      \State \textbf{return} $b$\Comment{The gcd is $b$}
    \EndProcedure
  \end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Error caption outside float when trying to caption a table

Principially you have two possibilities to add captions to a table (same works for figures too with figure instead table):

You can use a non floating table (that means you do not use environment table, which makes the table floating) as shown in the first example of the following MWE, nearly the same you used in your code. Then you need to use command \captionof{table}{} to get a table caption for your table outside a float (you see the relevance to the error message you got?).
You can use a floating table with environment table. That means LaTeX is allowed to place the table inside the document at a place at its own. Usually that means the table is placed at the top of the page (as done in my MWE) or at the top of the next page ... Then you need to use command \caption{} to get a table caption ...

Please see the following MWE

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{caption} % <================================================
\usepackage{booktabs} % <================================= better tables
\usepackage{blindtext} % <======================= to generate dummy text 


\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}[c]{\linewidth}
\centering % <====================================== to center the table
\begin{tabular}{c| c c c} 
Campus & Main & Jubilee & Kings Meadow \\ [0.5ex] 
\hline
Main         & 0 & 21.8 & 24.6 \\
Jubilee      & 21.8 & 0 & 9.3 \\
Kings Meadow & 24.6 & 9.3 & 0 \\
\end{tabular}
\captionof{table}{Table Description} % <================== from package `caption`
\label{tab:campus} % <============================== to be referenacable
\end{minipage}

\blindtext

\begin{table}%[ht] % <====================================== let table float!
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c c c c} 
\toprule % <====================================== from package booktabs
Campus       & Main & Jubilee & Kings Meadow \\ [0.5ex] 
\midrule % <====================================== from package booktabs
Main         & 0    & 21.8    & 24.6 \\
Jubilee      & 21.8 & 0       & 9.3 \\
Kings Meadow & 24.6 & 9.3     & 0 \\
\bottomrule % <=================================== from package booktabs
\end{tabular}
\caption{Table Description a}
\label{tab:campusa}
\end{table}

Now we can reference table~\ref{tab:campus} and table~\ref{tab:campusa}.

\end{document}

and its result:

As you can see table two is floating at the top of the page, has a caption and is referencable as you can see in the last sentence. You can also see that I used package booktabs for better horizontal lines and I deleted the vertical line (try to do not use them!) in the second table.

If you do not want the table to float at the top of the same page you can try to use option [ht] for table environment:

 \begin{table}[ht] % <====================================== let table float!

If you remove the % before [ht] in the MWE above you get the changed result:

BTW: Have you considered to write the numberes aligned to the dezimal point? Numbers in tables looks better then IMHO. See package dcolumn or siunitx ...

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