[Tex/LaTex] multi-page two column table in a single column document

columnstablesxtab

I have looked through and tried quite a few probable solutions but am unable to get this right. I am posting the best minimal example I currently have of what I am trying to accomplish here. Being new, I am not allowed to post images, so please do copy the two files and compile.

I want the title to be at the top of both the sides/columns of the table and also to manage the extra whitespace at the end of table.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=2cm, top=3cm, right=2cm, bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{xtab}

\begin{document}

\section{List}

\topcaption{xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
\label{tab:xxxxx}

\twocolumn

\tablehead{\hline x & x*x \\ \hline}

\begin{xtabular}{| l || c |}
\input{squares.tex}
\end{xtabular}
\end{document}

Data File to test the script above :: squares.tex

101 & 10201 \\
102 & 10404 \\
103 & 10609 \\
104 & 10816 \\
105 & 11025 \\
106 & 11236 \\
107 & 11449 \\
108 & 11664 \\
109 & 11881 \\
110 & 12100 \\
111 & 12321 \\
112 & 12544 \\
113 & 12769 \\
114 & 12996 \\
115 & 13225 \\
116 & 13456 \\
117 & 13689 \\
118 & 13924 \\
119 & 14161 \\
120 & 14400 \\
121 & 14641 \\
122 & 14884 \\
123 & 15129 \\
124 & 15376 \\
125 & 15625 \\
126 & 15876 \\
127 & 16129 \\
128 & 16384 \\
129 & 16641 \\
130 & 16900 \\
131 & 17161 \\
132 & 17424 \\
133 & 17689 \\
134 & 17956 \\
135 & 18225 \\
136 & 18496 \\
137 & 18769 \\
138 & 19044 \\
139 & 19321 \\
140 & 19600 \\
141 & 19881 \\
142 & 20164 \\
143 & 20449 \\
144 & 20736 \\
145 & 21025 \\
146 & 21316 \\
147 & 21609 \\
148 & 21904 \\
149 & 22201 \\
150 & 22500 \\
151 & 22801 \\
152 & 23104 \\
153 & 23409 \\
154 & 23716 \\
155 & 24025 \\
156 & 24336 \\
157 & 24649 \\
158 & 24964 \\
159 & 25281 \\
160 & 25600 \\
161 & 25921 \\
162 & 26244 \\
163 & 26569 \\
164 & 26896 \\
165 & 27225 \\
166 & 27556 \\
167 & 27889 \\
168 & 28224 \\
169 & 28561 \\
170 & 28900 \\
171 & 29241 \\
172 & 29584 \\
173 & 29929 \\
174 & 30276 \\
175 & 30625 \\
176 & 30976 \\
177 & 31329 \\
178 & 31684 \\
179 & 32041 \\
180 & 32400 \\
181 & 32761 \\
182 & 33124 \\
183 & 33489 \\
184 & 33856 \\
185 & 34225 \\
186 & 34596 \\
187 & 34969 \\
188 & 35344 \\
189 & 35721 \\
190 & 36100 \\
191 & 36481 \\
192 & 36864 \\
193 & 37249 \\
194 & 37636 \\
195 & 38025 \\
196 & 38416 \\
197 & 38809 \\
198 & 39204 \\
199 & 39601 \\
200 & 40000 \

Best Answer

longtable can in fact work in two column mode, it just needs a bit of encouragement not to give up and issue an error message:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=2cm, top=3cm, right=2cm, bottom=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{longtable}


\makeatletter
\let\saved@longtable\longtable
\long\def\foo#1\LT@err#2#3#4!!{\def\longtable{#1#4}}
\expandafter\foo\longtable!!

\long\def\foo#1\@outputpage#2\@outputpage#3!!{%
\def\LT@output{#1\@opcol#2\@opcol#3}}
\expandafter\foo\LT@output!!
\makeatother

\begin{document}




\twocolumn[\section{List}]



\begin{longtable}{| l || c |}
\caption{Some square numbers\label{tab:xxx}}\\
$n$&$n$-squared\\
\hline
\endfirsthead
$n$&$n$-squared\\
\hline
\endhead
a&b\\\relax
\input{squares.tex}
\end{longtable}
\end{document}

MWE

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-10] % To create a random first page

\lipsum[1-3]

[Location of the table in source code]

\begin{table*}[t]
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{lcr}
    1 & 2 & 3 \\
    4 & 5 & 6 \\
    7 & 8 & 9
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{Blabla}
  \label{tab:1}
\end{table*}

\lipsum[1-6]

\end{document}

The table will be on the third page, you'd have to move it up the code to get it in 2nd page.

Further reading: How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX?

[Tex/LaTex] Page Breaks in Two-Column, Multi-Page Table

I'm not sure the multi-page table packages are helping here, you can simply force the column widths and break by hand:

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[left=0.25in,right=0.25in,top=0.25in,bottom=0.25in]{geometry}
\geometry{letterpaper}
\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\usepackage{colortbl}
\newenvironment{zz}
{\par\begin{tabular}{|p{0.25in}|p{0.35in}|p{2.25in}|p{\dimexpr\columnwidth-2.85in-8\tabcolsep-5\arrayrulewidth}|}
  \hline
  \rowcolor[gray]{0}
  \textbf{\textcolor{white}{Go}} & \textbf{\textcolor{white}{At}} & \textbf{\textcolor{white}{On}} & \textbf{\textcolor{white}{For}} \\ \hline}
{\end{tabular}\par}


\begin{document}
\twocolumn
\centering

\begin{zz}
              & 0.0 & Start of route      &   0.0 \\ \hline
  \textbf{R}  & 0.0 & Onto Hudson Terrace &   0.7 \\ \hline
  \textbf{L}  & 0.7 & Onto bike path at Bruce Reynolds Blvd &   0.4 \\ \hline
  \textbf{L}  & 1.0 & Onto River Road. STEEP &   2.4 \\ \hline
  \textbf{BL} & 3.4 & TRO River Road         &   4.7 \\ \hline
  \textbf{R}  & 8.1 & @ Circle, take exit to descend down to Boat Basin & 0.0 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.2 & Make a U-turn. Back up we go! \textbf{Note:} \#1 - Alpine &   0.3 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.3 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.5 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.6 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.7 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.8 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 8.9 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.0 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.1 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.2 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.3 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.4 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.5 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.6 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.7 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 9.8 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \rowcolor{yellow} \textbf{PIT} & 9.8 & Alpine PD (Regroup Here) \newline \textbf{Note:} End of \#1 - Alpine \newline \textbf{BREAK COLUMN HERE} &   0.1 \\ \hline
\end{zz}

\begin{zz}
  \textbf{QL} & 9.9 & Alpine Approach Rd &   0.2 \\ \hline
  \textbf{R}  & 10.1 & Route 9W &   4.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{L}  & 14.2 & Oak Tree Rd $\Rightarrow$ Main St $\Rightarrow$ King's Hwy &   2.2 \\ \hline
  \textbf{BL} & 16.4 & Greenbush Rd $\Rightarrow$ Western Hwy S &   3.0 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 16.5 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 16.6 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 16.7 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 16.8 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 16.9 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.0 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.1 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.2 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.3 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.4 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.5 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.6 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.7 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.8 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 17.9 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 18.0 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 18.1 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 18.2 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 18.3 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 18.4 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 18.5 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \rowcolor{yellow} \textbf{PIT} & 19.0 & Some Deli Somewhere \newline \textbf{BREAK PAGE/COLUMN HERE} &   0.1 \\ \hline
\end{zz}

\begin{zz}
  \textbf{S}  & 19.1 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 19.2 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
  \textbf{S}  & 19.3 & Keep going forward (filler filler filler) & 0.1 \\ \hline
\end{zz}
\end{document}

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