[Tex/LaTex] minipage with tables

minipagetables

If I have a minipage like the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{1\linewidth}
\centering
A
\medskip
B
\end{minipage}

\end{document}

Why it is not possible to insert tables instead of A and B? If I try, I get "LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode."

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}{1\linewidth}
\centering
            \begin{table}[h]
                \centering
                \bgroup
                \def\arraystretch{1.2}
                \begin{tabular}{ c c | c | c | }
                    & & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{P2} \\
                    & & $a_1$ & $a_2$ \\
                    \hline
                    \multirow{2}{*}{P1} & $a_1$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                    & $a_2$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                    \hline
                \end{tabular}
                \egroup
                \caption{Title}
            \end{table}
\medskip
            \begin{table}[h]
                \centering
                \bgroup
                \def\arraystretch{1.2}
                \begin{tabular}{ c c | c | c | }
                    & & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{P2} \\
                    & & $a_1$ & $a_2$ \\
                    \hline
                    \multirow{2}{*}{P1} & $a_1$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                    & $a_2$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                    \hline
                \end{tabular}
                \egroup
                \caption{Title}
            \end{table}
\end{minipage}

\end{document}

Ideally, I would like to understand the meaning of "LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode."

Best Answer

A table environment cannot be part of a minipage. Use only one environment table and no minipage! Such an environment can have more than one caption:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\centering
\def\arraystretch{1.2}
\begin{tabular}{ c c | c | c | }
    & & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{P2} \\
    & & $a_1$ & $a_2$ \\    \hline
 \multirow{2}{*}{P1} & $a_1$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
& $a_2$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Title}

\bigskip
\begin{tabular}{ c c | c | c | }
                & & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{P2} \\
                & & $a_1$ & $a_2$ \\
                \hline
                \multirow{2}{*}{P1} & $a_1$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                & $a_2$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Title}
\end{table}

\end{document}

fro two tabulars side by side use:

\begin{table}
\centering
\def\arraystretch{1.2}
\begin{minipage}{0.48\linewidth}\centering
\begin{tabular}{ c c | c | c | }
    & & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{P2} \\
    & & $a_1$ & $a_2$ \\    \hline
 \multirow{2}{*}{P1} & $a_1$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
& $a_2$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Title}
\end{minipage}
%
\begin{minipage}{0.48\linewidth}\centering
\begin{tabular}{ c c | c | c | }
                & & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{P2} \\
                & & $a_1$ & $a_2$ \\
                \hline
                \multirow{2}{*}{P1} & $a_1$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                & $a_2$ & 0, 0 & 0, 0 \\
                \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Title}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

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[Tex/LaTex] tables side-by-side using minipage

There are a number of problems here:

The open line between the minipages results in a new paragraph. Comment it out or remove it.
The label command refers to the previous section or chapter and not the table as intended. Put everything inside a table environment and use \caption command to activate the correct labels.
Your tables are too wide for the environments. You can cheat a little bit by putting a wide box inside a zero sized box.

Here is and example:

\begin{table}
\centering
\makebox[0pt][c]{\parbox{1.2\textwidth}{%
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.32\hsize}\centering
        \begin{tabular}{ | c | c |}
           \hline
           \textbf{Feat. id} & \textbf{F-Measure} \\ \hline
           0 & 0.4286 \\ \hline
           17 & 0.3973 \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{xxx}
        \label{tab:singlebest}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.32\hsize}\centering
        \begin{tabular}{ | c | c |}
           \hline
           \textbf{Feat. id} & \textbf{F-Measure} \\ \hline
           25 & 0.4494 \\ \hline
           11 & 0.4457 \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{xxxx}
        \label{tab:twobest}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.32\hsize}\centering
        \begin{tabular}{ | c | c |}
           \hline
           \textbf{Feat. id} & \textbf{F-Measure} \\ \hline
           18 & 0.4595 \\ \hline
           19 & 0.4565 \\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{xxxx}
        \label{tab:threebest}
    \end{minipage}%
}}
\end{table}

[Tex/LaTex] Minipage make different space between tables

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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