[Tex/LaTex] Create a LaTeX table with multiple columns within one cell

multirowtables

I am trying to replicate the table seen at this webpage:

I am trying to make the multiple cells appear in the cells of the second table column. How can this be done? I have tried using the multirow package.

MWE:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\begin{document}

\begin{longtable}{|p{3cm}|p{6cm}|p{5cm}|}
\hline
\rowcolor[HTML]{000000}
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\cellcolor[HTML]{000000}{\color[HTML]{FFFFFF} \textbf{Object}}}
    &\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\cellcolor[HTML]{000000}{\color[HTML]{FFFFFF} \textbf{Details}}}
    & \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\cellcolor[HTML]{000000}{\color[HTML]{FFFFFF} \textbf{Notes}}} \\ \hline
 NAME & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{test} {DATE} \\ {Time (UTC): 22:59:41-23:22:48} \\
                {Filter/s used: I, R, B, V} \\ {Telescope/s used: TELESCOPE}
    & A total of 20 exposures all taken with an exposure length of 60.0 seconds. \\ \hline
\end{longtable}

\end{document}

Best Answer

As long as your goal is just to reproduce the table, your problem has nothing to do with multirow. Your table has 4 columns and you just have to put partial horizontal lines with \cline{c1-c2}.

However, if you want to fill the cells in your file rather than by hand, you might have to use multirow.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[width=20cm]{geometry}

\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\newcommand\doublestrut{\vrule width 0pt height 2\ht\strutbox depth 2\dp\strutbox}

\begin{document}
\footnotesize
\begin{tabular}{|p{3cm}|p{2.4cm}|p{2.4cm}|p{10cm}|}\hline
\rowcolor{black}
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{\doublestrut\color{white}\textbf{Index}}  &
    \multicolumn{2}{c|}{\color{white}\textbf{Details}}         &
    \multicolumn{1}{c|}{\color{white}\textbf{Notes}}\\\hline
\hfil Object & Date       & Time                    & \\
             &            &                         & \\\cline{2-3}
             & Eye Pierce & Seeing                  & \\
             &            &                         & \\\cline{2-3}
             & \multicolumn{2}{l|}{Instrument Type} & \\
             & \multicolumn{2}{l|}{}                & \\\hline
\hfil Object & Date       & Time                    & \\
             &            &                         & \\\cline{2-3}
             & Eye Pierce & Seeing                  & \\
             &            &                         & \\\cline{2-3}
             & \multicolumn{2}{l|}{Instrument Type} & \\
             & \multicolumn{2}{l|}{}                & \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] How to combine multiple rows with multiple columns with headings in one table

You could achieve the double line by using \hhline{#=#===#=#} as in

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But if you zoom out you'll see some weird details as the one inside the red circle (but visible along the lines):

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But as you would read somewhere else, I'd advise against the use of vertical rules to improve readability. Not to mention that you would have a much cleaner code.

So this is my suggestion for your table. It uses the booktabs package which makes for much better lines:

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And the code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[a4paper]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}    
    \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
        \toprule        
        \multirow{2}{*}{n}  & \multicolumn{3}{c}{p} & \multirow{2}{*}{k} \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                            & .1 & .25 & .5 & \\ \midrule
                            & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 1 \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                        3   & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 2 \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                            & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 3 \\ \midrule
                            & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 1 \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                        4   & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 2 \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                            & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 3 \\ \midrule
                            & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 1 \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                        5   & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 2 \\ \cmidrule{2-4}
                            & \ldots & \ldots & \ldots & 3 \\ \bottomrule

    \end{tabular}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] One cell with multiple lines

The simplest way is to just not draw full horizontal lines when you want to combine rows:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \caption{Funções e conexões do conector X1}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{|c|l|l|}
      \hline
      \textbf{X1} &\textbf{Descrição} &\textbf{Função} \\\hline
      1   &C      &Saída digital 1 \\\cline{1-2}
      2   &NA     & a relé\\\hline
      3   &Dl1        &Entradas digitais\\\cline{1-2}
      4   &Dl2        & optoacopladas\\\hline
      5   &COM 1,2    &1 e 2 \\\cline{1-2}
      6   &Dl3        &Entrada digital 3 \\\cline{1-2}
      7   &COM3           &optoacoplada \\\hline
      8   &Al1 +          &Entrada analógica 1 \\\cline{1-2}
      9   &Al1 -      &diferencial \\\hline
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
  \caption{Funções e conexões do conector X1}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{cll}
      \toprule
      \textbf{X1} &\textbf{Descrição} &\textbf{Função} \\\midrule
      1   &C      &Saída digital 1 \\\cmidrule{1-2}
      2   &NA     & a relé \\\midrule
      3   &Dl1        &Entradas digitais \\\cmidrule{1-2}
      4   &Dl2        & optoacopladas \\\midrule
      5   &COM 1,2    &1 e 2 \\\cmidrule{1-2}
      6   &Dl3        &Entrada digital 3 \\\cmidrule{1-2}
      7   &COM3           &optoacoplada \\\midrule
      8   &Al1 +          &Entrada analógica 1 \\\cmidrule{1-2}
      9   &Al1 -      &diferencial \\\bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}


\end{document}

The second tabular shows how to reformat the table in accordance with the guidelines set out in booktabs (or some of them anyway).

Tabulars

Or you could remove the partial horizontal lines altogether if you took this approach:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \caption{Funções e conexões do conector X1}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{cll}
      \toprule
      \textbf{X1} &\textbf{Descrição} &\textbf{Função} \\\midrule
      1   &C      &Saída digital 1 \\
      2   &NA     & a relé \\\midrule
      3   &Dl1        &Entradas digitais \\
      4   &Dl2        & optoacopladas \\\midrule
      5   &COM 1,2    &1 e 2 \\
      6   &Dl3        &Entrada digital 3 \\
      7   &COM3           &optoacoplada \\\midrule
      8   &Al1 +          &Entrada analógica 1 \\
      9   &Al1 -      &diferencial \\\bottomrule
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}


\end{document}

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