I want/need to typeset a very large table with >30 columns, which I created with Excel2LaTeX.
I don't get it to compile, it only works if I really use 20 columns, however when I insert the 21st one, it fails:
\documentclass[11pt, a3paper, landscape]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{2cm}|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|}
\hline
%with 20 columns it will work:
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
%with more than 20 columns, it will fail:
%1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
\hline
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}
I'm sorry, I tried to use a large paper format to make everything visible, but at least when I compile it, the table gets larger than the visible "page" strangely.
The logfile I get contains the following:
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l.13 \end{tabularx}
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Here is how much of TeX's memory you used:
1284 strings out of 493763
19629 string characters out of 3144955
99667 words of memory out of 3000000
4640 multiletter control sequences out of 15000+200000
6379 words of font info for 23 fonts, out of 3000000 for 9000
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35i,8n,44p,233b,186s stack positions out of 5000i,500n,10000p,200000b,50000s
No pages of output.
PDF statistics:
0 PDF objects out of 1000 (max. 8388607)
0 named destinations out of 1000 (max. 500000)
1 words of extra memory for PDF output out of 10000 (max. 10000000)
How can I fix that table and make it compile with all its columns?
Best Answer
Probably you have moved on, but for the record, and in case anyone wants to test this before it makes its way into a distribution, I think a possible fix would involve changing
tabularx.styfrom line 91 so it looks likeexisting code:
new lines to be added:
If you do this please change the
\ProvidesPackageline to sayThis fix is incorporated into the
tabularxdistributed with the 2014 release of LaTeX.