[Tex/LaTex] Single Table with Two columns (tables) in two column article

tablestwo-column

I want to create a single table in two column article, where internally table contains two tables, one in each column. The following picture shows the requirements.
Example

Best Answer

The following will be a good starting point for you. For other tweaks (including centering of individual tables and captions), you need to study a bit more. Please see these, 1, 2, 3.

For the particular issue of placing a double column float at page bottom, this article is a good read.

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage{stfloats}

\begin{document}

\begin{table*}[!b]
  \caption{Caption.}
  \label{tab:tbl1}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}[t]{|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    X&Y&X\\\hline
    1&2&3\\
    4&5&6\\
    1&2&3\\
    4&5&6\\
    1&2&3\\
    4&5&6\\
    1&2&3\\
    4&5&6\\
    7&8&9\\\hline
  \end{tabular}
  \hfill
  \begin{tabular}[t]{|c|c|c|}
    \hline
    A&B&C\\\hline
    a&b&c\\
    d&e&f\\
    g&h&i\\
    j&k&l\\
    m&n&o\\
    p&q&r\\
    s&t&u\\
    v&w&x\\\hline
  \end{tabular}
\end{table*}

\lipsum[1-20]

\end{document}
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