[Tex/LaTex] Maintaining table format with space between rows

formattingtables

I want to put spaces between rows in a table however my current implementation cuts off the vertical lines. I know I can replace \\with {} \ {} \ {} ..., but is there a more elegant solution?

\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{l | c c c c | c c c c}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Initial Conditions} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Final Conditions} \\
Scenario No. & Latitude & Longitude & Altitude & Airspeed & Latitude & Longitude & Altitude & Airspeed \\ \hline
1-01 & 44.251100 & -75.760474 & 5000 & 75 & 45.095869 & -75.773706 & 1580 & 75 \\
1-02 & 44.251100 & -75.760474 & 5000 & 75 & 45.998808 & -75.744519 & 1580 & 75 \\ 
\\
1-03 & 44.222150 & -75.395867 & 5000 & 75 & 45.095869 & -75.773706 & 1580 & 75 \\
1-04 & 44.222150 & -75.395867 & 5000 & 75 & 45.998808 & -75.744519 & 1580 & 75 \\
\\
1-05 & 44.084742 & -75.893425 & 5000 & 75 & 45.095869 & -75.773706 & 1580 & 75 \\
1-06 & 44.084742 & -75.893425 & 5000 & 75 & 45.998808 & -75.744519 & 1580 & 75 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

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You can use the optional argument of \\ to increase the vertical space between rows and keeping the table format:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \begin{tabular}{l | c c c c | c c c c}
    \multicolumn{1}{c}{} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Initial Conditions} 
      & \multicolumn{4}{c}{Final Conditions} \\
    Scenario No. & Latitude & Longitude & Altitude & Airspeed & Latitude & Longitude & Altitude 
      & Airspeed \\ \hline
    1-01 & 44.251100 & -75.760474 & 5000 & 75 & 45.095869 & -75.773706 & 1580 & 75 \\
    1-02 & 44.251100 & -75.760474 & 5000 & 75 & 45.998808 & -75.744519 & 1580 & 75 \\[1em]
    1-03 & 44.222150 & -75.395867 & 5000 & 75 & 45.095869 & -75.773706 & 1580 & 75 \\
    1-04 & 44.222150 & -75.395867 & 5000 & 75 & 45.998808 & -75.744519 & 1580 & 75 \\[1em]
    1-05 & 44.084742 & -75.893425 & 5000 & 75 & 45.095869 & -75.773706 & 1580 & 75 \\
    1-06 & 44.084742 & -75.893425 & 5000 & 75 & 45.998808 & -75.744519 & 1580 & 75 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Space between rows in a table

IMHO the most convenient way is to use the booktabs package to add extra white space around the horizontal lines which are called according to their position \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule.

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l@{\hskip 0.3in}c@{\hskip 0.2in} c@{\hskip 0.2in} c@{\hskip 0.2in} c@{\hskip 0.3in} l}
\toprule
 & $\delta$ & $\varepsilon$ & $\eta$ & $w$ & $c_{i}~(i=1,...,k)$\\ 
 \midrule
$\overline{y}_{RW(st)}=\overline{y}_{st} \dfrac{\overline{X}}{w\overline{x}_{st}+(1-w)\overline{X}}$ & -1 & -1 & -1 & & $(-w)^{i}$\\[10pt]
$\overline{y}_{Gu(st)}=\overline{y}_{st}\left[w\dfrac{\overline{X}}{\overline{x}_{st}}+(1-w)\left(\dfrac{\overline{X}}{\overline{x}_{st}}\right)^{2}\right]$ & -1 & -1 & 1 & & $(-1)^{i}[i(1-w)+1]$\\    
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\end{document}

booktabs-MWE

[Tex/LaTex] More space between certain rows in a table

I think it's wrong to have \arraystretch set to 1.4 to begin with. The table is too spread out and adding vertical space between different groups will not help. Also the columns should be as wide as they need to be, not wider.

Without setting \arraystretch you can either use \addlinespace or add a \midrule:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,siunitx}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}

\begin{threeparttable}

\caption{Summary Statistics}
\label{table:ssna}

\begin{tabular}{
  l
  *{5}{S[table-format=2.1]}
}

\toprule
& \multicolumn{5}{c}{\bfseries Cohort} \\
\cmidrule(l){2-6}
& {2006} & {2007} & {2008} & {2009} & {2010} \\
\midrule
\bfseries Students registered & {1535} & {1584} & {1767} & {2037} & {1518} \\
  \addlinespace
\bfseries Gender (\%) \\
Male                         & 61.1 & 64.5 & 57.7 & 55.5 & 55.3 \\
Female                       & 38.9 & 35.5 & 42.3 & 44.5 & 44.7 \\
  \addlinespace
\bfseries Race (\%) \\
White                        & 43.3 & 43.4 & 40.6 & 36   & 39.8 \\
Black                        & 29.8 & 33.4 & 34.8 & 38   & 35.4 \\
Coloured                     & 16   & 13   & 13.8 & 12.9 & 11.5 \\
Indian/Asian                 & 10.8 & 10.1 & 10.8 & 13.1 & 13.4 \\
  \addlinespace
\bfseries Financial Aid (\%) & 19.5 & 22.3 & 25.2 & 29.9 & 24.5 \\
  \addlinespace
\bfseries AD Programme (\%)  & 24   & 20.3 & 18.6 & 20.6 & 21.9 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\begin{tablenotes}
\small
\item Source: UCT Institutional Planning Department
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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This is what you'd get with \midrule in place of \addlinespace:

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If you want to have the table as wide as the text width, you can use tabular*:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,siunitx,array}
\usepackage[flushleft]{threeparttable}

\usepackage{lipsum} % just for the example

\begin{document}
\lipsum[2]

\begin{table}[htp]

\begin{threeparttable}

\caption{Summary Statistics}
\label{table:ssna}

\begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{
  !{\extracolsep{\fill}}
  l
  *{5}{S[table-format=2.1]}
}

\toprule
& \multicolumn{5}{c}{\bfseries Cohort} \\
\cmidrule(l){2-6}
& {2006} & {2007} & {2008} & {2009} & {2010} \\
\midrule
\bfseries Students registered & {1535} & {1584} & {1767} & {2037} & {1518} \\
  \midrule
\bfseries Gender (\%) \\
Male                         & 61.1 & 64.5 & 57.7 & 55.5 & 55.3 \\
Female                       & 38.9 & 35.5 & 42.3 & 44.5 & 44.7 \\
  \midrule
\bfseries Race (\%) \\
White                        & 43.3 & 43.4 & 40.6 & 36   & 39.8 \\
Black                        & 29.8 & 33.4 & 34.8 & 38   & 35.4 \\
Coloured                     & 16   & 13   & 13.8 & 12.9 & 11.5 \\
Indian/Asian                 & 10.8 & 10.1 & 10.8 & 13.1 & 13.4 \\
  \midrule
\bfseries Financial Aid (\%) & 19.5 & 22.3 & 25.2 & 29.9 & 24.5 \\
  \midrule
\bfseries AD Programme (\%)  & 24   & 20.3 & 18.6 & 20.6 & 21.9 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular*}
\begin{tablenotes}
\small
\item Source: UCT Institutional Planning Department
\end{tablenotes}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Note that \lipsum is used just to provide some context. I'm certain that this is worse than having the table at its “natural” width.

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