[Tex/LaTex] Multirow Nested Table

multirownestingtables

I am trying to built a 6×6 table which contains mutlirows. My code is

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[H]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} \hline
\multicolumn{6}{|c|}{$\mathbf{n_1n_2n_3}$}\\ \hline
\multirow{6}{*}{$500$} & \multirow{3}{*}{$410$} & \multirow{2}{*}{$320$} & {} & {}& $005$\\
{} & {} & {} & $203$ & $104$ & $041$\\
{} & {} & \multirow{2}{*}{$302$} & $230$ & $140$ & $014$\\
{} & \multirow{3}{*}{$401$} & {} & $221$ & $122$ & $032$\\
{} & {} & \multirow{2}{*}{$311$} & $212$ & $131$ & $023$\\
{} & {} & {} & {} & $113$ & $050$\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\caption{Table}
\label{tab:matrix}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Mu output is

As you can see the 4th and 5th column from left are not fancy. How can I make this table a bit better-loking?

Best Answer

You can nest a tabular environment inside \multirow:

In the following code, I defined

\innerTab only for the first example, to clean up the actual tabular (1st example);
\mRowTab[<opt>]{<content>} which produces a \multirow of <opt> rows (default: 2) with its content <content> wrapped inside a centered-column tabular (2nd and 3rd example);
\innerTabular{<content>} which puts <content> into a one-columned vertically centered tabular (4th example).

As it stands the \mRowTab definition could be replaced by

\renewcommand*{\mRowTab}[2][2]{\multirow{#1}{*}{#2}}

which means that only one-rowed <text> is allowed (no tabular).

The second example is a copy of the first one with the new \mRowTab.

The third example is, in my opinion, “better-looking”.

The fourth example (not pictured) is a copy of the third one, only without \multirow but with \innerTabular Note that the first row doesn’t actually need \innerTabular.

Code

\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{multirow}
\newcommand*{\innerTab}{\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}
    $104$ \\
    $140$ \\
    $122$ \\
    $131$ \\
    $113$ \\
\end{tabular}}
\newcommand*{\mRowTab}[2][2]{\multirow{#1}{*}{\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#2\end{tabular}}}
\renewcommand*{\mRowTab}[2][2]{\multirow{#1}{*}{#2}}
\newcommand*{\innerTabular}[1]{{\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}c@{}}#1\end{tabular}}}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{|c|}{$\mathbf{n_1n_2n_3}$}                                                           \\ \hline
                           &       & \multirow{2}{*}{$320$} &       & \multirow{6}{*}{\innerTab} & $005$ \\
                           & $410$ &                        & $203$ &                            & $041$ \\
    \multirow{2}{*}{$500$} &       & \multirow{2}{*}{$302$} & $230$ &                            & $014$ \\
                           &       &                        & $221$ &                            & $032$ \\
                           & $401$ & \multirow{2}{*}{$311$} & $212$ &                            & $023$ \\
                           &       &                        &       &                            & $050$ \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{|c|}{$\mathbf{n_1n_2n_3}$}                                  \\ \hline
                    &       & \mRowTab{$320$} &       & \mRowTab{$104$} & $005$ \\
                    & $410$ &                 & $203$ & \mRowTab{$140$} & $041$ \\
    \mRowTab{$500$} &       & \mRowTab{$302$} & $230$ & \mRowTab{$122$} & $014$ \\
                    &       &                 & $221$ & \mRowTab{$131$} & $032$ \\
                    & $401$ & \mRowTab{$311$} & $212$ & \mRowTab{$113$} & $023$ \\
                    &       &                 &       &                 & $050$ \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{|c|}{$\mathbf{n_1n_2n_3}$}                                  \\ \hline
                    &       &                 &       & \mRowTab{$104$} & $005$ \\
                    &       & \mRowTab{$320$} & $203$ & \mRowTab{$140$} & $041$ \\
    \mRowTab{$500$} & $410$ & \mRowTab{$302$} & $230$ & \mRowTab{$122$} & $014$ \\
                    & $401$ & \mRowTab{$311$} & $221$ & \mRowTab{$131$} & $032$ \\
                    &       &                 & $212$ & \mRowTab{$113$} & $023$ \\
                    &       &                 &       &                 & $050$ \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

\bigskip
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    \multicolumn{6}{|c|}{$\mathbf{n_1n_2n_3}$}                                  \\ \hline
    \innerTabular{500} & \innerTabular{410\\410} & \innerTabular{320\\302\\311} & \innerTabular{203\\230\\221\\212} & \innerTabular{104\\140\\122\\131\\113} & \innerTabular{005\\041\\014\\032\\023\\050} \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Ouput

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[Tex/LaTex] multirow table, error

Let us list the errors first.

For quotation marks you shouldn't use "..." but ``...''
\multirow{2}{*}{H} takes three arguments - \multirow{<rows>}{<width>}{<content>}. You have missed the third argument. Even if you don't want to have text, you should have it but without content like \multirow{2}{*}{}.
\textsubscript isn't defined by LaTeX. You have to use \usepackage{fixltx2e} in the preamble to make it work. BTW are you trying to write a chemical formula? If so, there are packages meant for that job. Or are those H\textsubscript{02}s mathematical variables? Please elaborate.
To make colored cells, load colortbl package or usepackage[table]{xcolor} (Both are equivalent). and the use \cellcolor{<color> inside the cell:
```
& \cellcolor{green!50!blue} <content> &
```
or
```
 & \cellcolor{green!50!blue}\multirow{2}{*}{}  &
```
Do you really want vertical lines? What about reducing the number of some horizontal lines? You may read the documentation of booktabs package to learn how to produce a good table.

Now your code should be:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow,fixltx2e}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}    %% this in turn loads colortbl
%\usepackage{colortbl}
\begin{document}
  \begin{table}[!htb]
\centering
\small\addtolength{\tabcolsep}{4pt}
\caption{``''}
\label{table3}
\begin{tabular}{*{7}{|c}|}
\hline
 \multirow{2}{*}{H}& \multicolumn{3}{c|}{K@10} & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{K@20}\\\cline{2-7}
 & P & R & TFFR &  P & R & TFFR  \\\hline
H\textsubscript{01}  & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{}& \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*} {} & \multirow{2}{*}{}  \\\hline
H\textsubscript{02} & \cellcolor{green!50!blue} & & & & &  \\
H\textsubscript{03}  & \cellcolor{green!50!blue}\multirow{2}{*}{}  & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{}  & \multirow{2}{*}{}   \\\hline
H\textsubscript{04} & & \cellcolor{green!50!blue} & & & &  \\
H\textsubscript{05}  & \multirow{2}{*}{}  & \cellcolor{green!50!blue}\multirow{2}{*}{}  & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{} & \multirow{2}{*}{}  & \multirow{2}{*}{}  \\\hline
H\textsubscript{06} & & & & & &  \\\hline
 \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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[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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