[Tex/LaTex] Minipage: 2 tables side by side isn’t working

minipage

I have the following code to layout two tables side by side:

\begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
\begin{tabular}{c | c | c | c | c | c | c}
F & D & E & G & P & A & L\\
\hline
C & H & I & I & U & G & F\\
\hline
G & Z & G & A & F & Z & U\\
\hline
F & R & \textbf{H} & \textbf{A} & \textbf{U} & \textbf{S} & Z\\
\hline
R & P & L & I & N & F & H\\
\hline
L & U & G & I & A & C & T\\
\hline
A & B & D & N & E & R & Z\\
\end{tabular}

\end{minipage}

\begin{minipage}{0.3\textwidth}
\begin{tabular}{c | c | c | c | c | c | c}
F & D & E & G & P & A & L\\
\hline
C & H & I & I & U & G & F\\
\hline
G & Z & G & A & F & Z & U\\
\hline
F & R & \textbf{H} & \textbf{A} & \textbf{U} & \textbf{S} & Z\\
\hline
R & P & L & I & N & F & H\\
\hline
L & U & G & I & A & C & T\\
\hline
A & B & D & N & E & R & Z\\
\end{tabular}

\end{minipage}

But it doesn't work. The tables are one below the other. What am I doing wrong?

Best Answer

What you are doing wrong is the new line between the minipages. That makes for a new paragraph. Remove it and make them a little wider (your tables are wider than .3\textwidth so they will overlap. This is what the code would look like:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
  \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
    \begin{tabular}{c | c | c | c | c | c | c}
      F & D & E & G & P & A & L\\
      \hline
      C & H & I & I & U & G & F\\
      \hline
      G & Z & G & A & F & Z & U\\
      \hline
      F & R & \textbf{H} & \textbf{A} & \textbf{U} & \textbf{S} & Z\\
      \hline
      R & P & L & I & N & F & H\\
      \hline
      L & U & G & I & A & C & T\\
      \hline
      A & B & D & N & E & R & Z\\
    \end{tabular}
  \end{minipage}\qquad
  \begin{minipage}{0.4\textwidth}
    \begin{tabular}{c | c | c | c | c | c | c}
      F & D & E & G & P & A & L\\
      \hline
      C & H & I & I & U & G & F\\
      \hline
      G & Z & G & A & F & Z & U\\
      \hline
      F & R & \textbf{H} & \textbf{A} & \textbf{U} & \textbf{S} & Z\\
      \hline
      R & P & L & I & N & F & H\\
      \hline
      L & U & G & I & A & C & T\\
      \hline
      A & B & D & N & E & R & Z\\
    \end{tabular}
  \end{minipage}
\end{document}

The \qquad is added for some extra spacing. The result looks like this:

Tables in minipages side by side

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\let\thempfootnote\thefootnote

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There were two problems. One, Ignasi mentioned, which is that you did not line break or \parafter each set of two tabulars. The other problem is that you had 5, not 3 nor 6 \hspace macros. I removed the two that you had at the beginning of lines, leaving only the 3 that occurred mid line.

\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{caption}
\textwidth 6.5in
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!h]
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{2.5cm}|}
\hline Algorithm & Avg. Error & Avg. Adjusted Error \\
\hline KNN & x & x \\
\hline WKNN & x & x \\
\hline MAP & x & x \\
\hline MMSE & x & x \\
\hline 
\end{tabular}
\captionof{table}{Table gives an overview about the average positioning errors for each algorithm used in the first test.}
\label{tab:overallerror}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{1.5cm}|}
\hline Floor &~\# Training samples &~\# Test samples \\ 
\hline  0 & 6 & 6 \\ 
\hline  1 & 6 & 6 \\ 
\hline  2 & 7 & 6 \\ 
\hline  3 & 7 & 6 \\ 
\hline  4 & 7 & 6 \\ 
\hline  5 & 8 & 6 \\ 
\hline  6 & 4 & 4 \\ 
\hline 
\end{tabular} 
\captionof{table}{Overview about recorded training and test samples at each floor.}
\label{tab:testtrainingsamples}
\end{minipage}\par
%\hspace{0.5cm}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{2.5cm}|}
\hline Algorithm & Avg. Error & Avg. Adjusted Error \\
\hline KNN & x & x \\
\hline WKNN & x & x \\
\hline MAP & x & x \\
\hline MMSE & x & x \\
\hline 
\end{tabular}
\captionof{table}{Table gives an overview about the average positioning errors for each algorithm used in the second test.}
\label{tab:overallerror_second}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{1.5cm}|}
\hline Floor &~\# Training samples &~\# Test samples \\ 
\hline 0 & 19 & 7 \\ 
\hline 1 & 4 & 3 \\ 
\hline 2 & 4 & 3 \\ 
\hline 3 & 4 & 3 \\ 
\hline 4 & 4 & 3 \\ 
\hline 5 & 4 & 3 \\ 
\hline 6 & 4 & 2 \\ 
\hline 
\end{tabular} 
\captionof{table}{Table shows the number of training and test data recorded for each floor. }
\label{tab:dataovereachfloor_secondrun}
\end{minipage}\par
%\hspace{0.5cm}
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{2.5cm}|}
\hline Algorithm & Avg. Error & Avg. Adjusted Error \\
\hline KNN & x & x \\
\hline WKNN & x & x \\
\hline MAP & x & x \\
\hline MMSE & x & x \\
\hline 
\end{tabular}
\captionof{table}{Table gives an overview about the average positioning errors for each algorithm used in the second test.}
\label{tab:overallerror_third}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm}%
\begin{minipage}[b]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|p{2cm}|p{1.5cm}|}
\hline Floor &~\# Training samples &~\# Test samples \\ 
\hline 0 & 6 & 2 \\ 
\hline 1 & 6 & 2 \\ 
\hline 2 & 6 & 2 \\ 
\hline 3 & 6 & 2 \\ 
\hline 4 & 6 & 2 \\ 
\hline 5 & 6 & 2 \\ 
\hline 6 & 4 & 2 \\ 
\hline 
\end{tabular} 
\captionof{table}{Table shows the number of training and test data recorded for each floor. }
\label{tab:dataovereachfloor_thirdrun}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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