[Tex/LaTex] \multicolumn in a table

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How can I put "Barclays Premier League Table" on two rows if it is longer than the size of the two columns (1cm+1cm)?

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[german]{babel} 
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Für Umlaute
\usepackage{setspace}

\begin{document}
\def\arraystretch{1.5}


\begin{tabular}{p{1cm} p{1cm} p{1cm}}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{l}{Barclays Premier League Table} &  \# \\
Position & Club & Points \\
\hline
1      & Chelsea    & 59      \\
2      & Tottenham  & 50      \\
3      & Man City   & 49      \\
4      & Arsenal    & 47      \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

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I suggest a tabularx approach and using an X columntype for the 2nd column, since that one will have the widest entries (the names of the Premier League Clubs)

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel} 
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % Für Umlaute
\usepackage{setspace}

\begin{document}
\def\arraystretch{1.5}

\newlength{\spaltenbreite}
\setlength{\spaltenbreite}{1.0cm}

\begin{tabularx}{0.6\linewidth}{p{\spaltenbreite}Xp{\spaltenbreite}}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{c}{Barclays Premier League Table} &  \# \\
Position & Club & Points \\
\hline
1      & Chelsea    & 59      \\
2      & Tottenham  & 50      \\
3      & Man City   & 49      \\
4      & Arsenal    & 47      \\
\hline
\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] multicolumn table

I would like to suggest that you not use the multirow package. Instead, place all level-1 information in the first row of header.

I would also like to suggest that you use S[table-format=3.0] instead r for the second column. Columns 3 to 5 will look better if you use columns of type c. You may also want to replace the * multiplicative symbol with the more prominent \times symbol; you could write 1024$\times$1024, as is done in the code below, or you could write \num{1024x1024} (egreg's suggestion -- many thanks!), where \num is a macro provided by the siunitx package.. If you choose the latter input method, you may also want provide the instruction \sisetup{tight-spacing=true} in the preamble in order to avoid having a lot of whitespace around the \times symbols.

Separately, I think you should also consider getting rid of the whitespace to the left of the first column and to the right of the final column. The resulting look is shown in the second example below.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs,siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ l S[table-format=3.0] c c c }
    \toprule
    Models & {Tris (M)} & Resolution &\multicolumn{2}{c}{Avg.\ FPS} \\
    \cmidrule(l){4-5}
    &&& moving & static \\
    \midrule
    Model 1 &   5 & 1024$\times$1024 & 40 & 60 \\
    Model 2 &  12 & 1024$\times$1024 & 40 & 60 \\
    Model 3 &  73 & 1024$\times$1024 & 40 & 40 \\
    Model 4 & 337 & 1024$\times$1024 & 20 & 30 \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}

%% now, without whitespace to the left of first col and to the right of final col
\bigskip
\begin{tabular}{@{} l S[table-format=3.0] c c c @{}}
    \toprule
    Models & {Tris (M)} & Resolution &\multicolumn{2}{c}{Avg.\ FPS} \\
    \cmidrule(l){4-5}
    &&& moving & static \\
    \midrule
    Model 1 &   5 & 1024$\times$1024 & 40 & 60 \\
    Model 2 &  12 & 1024$\times$1024 & 40 & 60 \\
    Model 3 &  73 & 1024$\times$1024 & 40 & 40 \\
    Model 4 & 337 & 1024$\times$1024 & 20 & 30 \\
    \bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] tabu package – gaps in vertical lines

One way is to shift up the skip prior to the mid-height \tabucline with a \\[-1pt]. See below for 2nd approach.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5} 
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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Alternately, if you want the thin line to bisect the thick line, then the approach: \\[-1pt] \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]\hline works.

%Dokumentclass
\documentclass[landscape]{letter}

%Packages
\usepackage[landscape]{geometry}
\usepackage[utf8]     {inputenc}
\usepackage           {multirow}
\usepackage           {tabu}

%Formatting
\pagestyle{empty} %Remove numbering

\begin{document}
  \begin{tabu}{ |[1pt] l | l l | l | l |[1pt] }
                                                                                                                 \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
    \multicolumn{2}{ |[1pt] l }{ } & \multicolumn{3}{ |[1pt] l |[1pt]}{ }                                     \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\                       \hline
 y   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } & \multicolumn{2}{  l |[1pt] }{ }   \\[-1pt]   \tabucline[1 pt]{3-5}\\[-12.5pt]
\hline
 x   &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\                       \hline
    &                              & \multicolumn{1}{ |[1pt] l |     }{ } &                                 & \\ \tabucline[1 pt]{1-5}
  \end{tabu}
\end{document}

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