[Tex/LaTex] How to create this table for multi-line rotated text and thick vertical lines

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I want to create the table below and I am not sure how to do it.

I also want the lines that say, "Long line of text really long" to be wrapped, and take up 2 instead of 1 so that the table isn't as long. I want this table to fit in a column of a 2 column paper.

I included an arrow in the picture because I want that first vertical line to be thick also and I don't know how to do it.

I also want the horizontal line below the columns 2-9 to be bold.

Thank you!

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Best Answer

One possibility:

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\renewcommand\tabularxcolumn[1]{>{\small}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\newcommand\RotText[1]{\rotatebox{90}{\parbox{2cm}{\centering#1}}}

\newlength{\arrayrulewidthOriginal}
\newcommand{\Cline}[2]{%
  \noalign{\global\setlength{\arrayrulewidthOriginal}{\arrayrulewidth}}%
  \noalign{\global\setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{#1}}\cline{#2}%
  \noalign{\global\setlength{\arrayrulewidth}{\arrayrulewidthOriginal}}}

\begin{document}

{
\setlength\tabcolsep{1pt}
\noindent\begin{tabularx}{\columnwidth}{|Y!{\vrule width 1pt}Y|Y|Y|Y|Y!{\vrule width 1pt}Y|Y|Y|Y|}
\cline{2-10}
\multicolumn{1}{c!{\vrule width 1pt}}{} & \multicolumn{5}{c!{\vrule width 1pt}}{Some text}  & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{Some text} \\
\cline{2-10}
\multicolumn{1}{c!{\vrule width 1pt}}{} & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text}
  & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text} 
  & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text} 
  & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text} 
  & \RotText{Some really long text} \\
\noalign{\hrule height 1pt}
some text & 11 & 44 & 11 & 54 & 34 & 54 & 23 & 11 & 12 \\
\hline
\end{tabularx}
}

\lipsum[1-10]

\end{document}

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A close-up to the table:

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Some explanatory comments:

  • You can produce vertical rules of the desired thickness using !{\vrule width 1pt} instead of | (change 1pt to the desired value).

  • You can produce horizontal rules (similar to \hline) of the desired thickness using \noalign{\hrule height 1pt} instead of \hline (change 1pt to the desired value).

  • The \Cline command is similar to \cline, but has a mandatory argument allowing to specify the rule thicknes: \Cline{<length>}{<column1>-<column2>}; for example \Cline{2pt}{2-4} draws a horizontal rule 2pt thick spanning columns 2 to 4.

  • The tabularx package was used to guarantee that the table width equals \columnwidth. A new column type was defined with centered contents; \tabularxcolumn was also redefined to obtain m{...} type columns.

  • The rotated text was produced using a \parbox inside a \rotatebox.

Notice, however, that your table goes against some rules of typography: vertical rules can be avoided and rotated text is not a good practice (thinking on the reader). Perhaps you could try reformulating the layout?

Here's a possibility without vertical rules and with the features provided by booktabs:

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\renewcommand\tabularxcolumn[1]{>{\small}m{#1}}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\newcommand\RotText[1]{\rotatebox{90}{\parbox{2cm}{\raggedright#1}}}
\begin{document}

{
\setlength\tabcolsep{1pt}
\noindent\begin{tabularx}{\columnwidth}{YYYYYYYYYY}
\cmidrule[1pt]{2-10}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{5}{c}{Some text}  & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Some text} \\
\cmidrule(r){2-2}\cmidrule(r){3-3}\cmidrule(r){4-4}\cmidrule(r){5-5}
\cmidrule(r){6-6}\cmidrule(r){7-7}\cmidrule(r){8-8}\cmidrule(r){9-9}\cmidrule{10-10}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text}
  & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text} 
  & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text} 
  & \RotText{Some really long text} & \RotText{Some really long text} 
  & \RotText{Some really long text} \\
\cmidrule[1pt](r){1-1}\cmidrule[1pt](r){2-6}\cmidrule[1pt]{7-10}
some text & 11 & 44 & 11 & 54 & 34 & 54 & 23 & 11 & 12 \\
some text & 11 & 44 & 11 & 54 & 34 & 54 & 23 & 11 & 12 \\
\bottomrule[1pt]
\end{tabularx}
}

\lipsum[1-10]
\end{document}

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