Tables – How to Use Rowspan and Colspan in LaTeX Tables

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I need to create similar table using LaTeX:

table

I have tried to use \tabular and \multicolumn, but every time I get something wrong.

I want:

Fixed width columns and fixed height rows;
Centered cells (vertically and horizontally)
Borders around each cell

Could someone help me?

Here is pure HTML markup:

<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr height="50">
        <td align="center" width="150" rowspan="2">State of Health</td>
        <td align="center" width="300" colspan="2">Fasting Value</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">After Eating</td>
    </tr>
    <tr height="50">
        <td align="center" width="150">Minimum</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">Maximum</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">2 hours after eating</td>
    </tr>
    <tr height="50">
        <td align="center" width="150">Healthy</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">70</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">100</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">Less than 140</td>
    </tr>
    <tr height="50">
        <td align="center" width="150">Pre-Diabetes</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">101</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">126</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">140 to 200</td>
    </tr>
    <tr height="50">
        <td align="center" width="150">Diabetes</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">More than 126</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">N/A</td>
        <td align="center" width="150">More than 200</td>
    </tr>
</table>

Best Answer

You could use the multirow package to organize the cell in the north-west corner of the table, and the tabularx package to automatically generate four columns of equal width. In the MWE below, the \newcolumntype instruction sets up a new column type, called "Y", that centers its contents. Adjust the value of the \arraystretch macro to get the amount of vertical stretching to your liking.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{multirow,tabularx}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2}
\begin{document}\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|*{4}{Y|}}
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{State of Health} 
  &\multicolumn{2}{c|}{Fasting Value}&After Eating\\
\cline{2-4}
             &Minimum       &Maximum &2 hours after eating\\
\hline
Healthy      &70            &100     &Less than 140\\
\hline
Pre-Diabetes &101           &126     &140 to 200\\
\hline
Diabetes     &More than 126 &N/A     &More than 200\\
\hline
\end{tabularx}
\end{document}

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You can use multirow and \cline.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry,array}
\geometry{a4paper,landscape,hmargin=8.5mm,vmargin=20mm}

\newcolumntype{M}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}m{\dimexpr#1-\arrayrulewidth\relax}}
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{\dimexpr#1-\arrayrulewidth\relax}}

\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
  \begin{tabular}{
  | P{1.4cm}
  | M{1.4cm}
  | M{1.4cm}
  | P{7.6cm}
  | P{6.4cm}
  | P{1.2cm}
  | P{1.2cm}
  | P{1.2cm}
  | P{2.2cm}
  |
}
\hline
a & b & c & & d & e & f & g &\\
\hline

\rule[-0.8cm]{0cm}{1cm} & & &
\multirow{3}{7.6cm}{%
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No \newline
Question \hfill $\bigcirc$ \strut  Yes  $\bigcirc$ No%  <--- % needed
}
  & & & & & \\
\cline{1-3}\cline{5-8}
\rule[-0.8cm]{0cm}{1cm} & & & & & & & & \\\cline{1-3}\cline{5-8}
\multicolumn{2}{|P{2.8cm}}{\rule{0cm}{1cm}}  & & & & \multicolumn{3}{P{2.8cm}}{\rule{0cm}{1cm}}  &\\
\hline

\end{tabular}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Table with a tick, horizontal text and multiple vertical and horizontal columns

Using the online LaTeX Table Generator with a few clicks you can do this:

This is the best I can do in the site. Then moving the generated code to LaTeX, we can do a few modifications to get the code below.

Update

I incorporated Mico's suggestion of the \extrarowheight, I also added a \phantom{.} after the NB to get a gap between the B and the horizontal rule.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow} % For multirows
\usepackage{amssymb} % For the checkmark
\usepackage{graphicx} % For the rotation
\usepackage{array} % To enlarge the vertical space of the table's contents
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
 \setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
 \centering
 \caption{My caption}
 \label{my-label}
 \begin{tabular}{l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
  \cline{2-11}
  \multirow{2}{*}{}                            & \multirow{2}{*}{Suggestions} & \multicolumn{9}{c|}{Other side}   \\ \cline{3-11} 
                                             &                   &   &  &   &   &   & \rotatebox{90}{NB\phantom{.}} &   &   &   \\ \hline
  \multicolumn{1}{|l|}{\multirow{4}{*}{\rotatebox{90}{Based}}} &                   &   &  &   &   &   &    & \checkmark & \checkmark &   \\ \cline{2-11} 
  \multicolumn{1}{|l|}{}                       & Your Answer       &   &  & \checkmark &   & \checkmark & \checkmark  &   &   & \checkmark \\ \cline{2-11} 
  \multicolumn{1}{|l|}{}                       &                   & \checkmark &  &   & \checkmark &   &    &   &   &   \\ \cline{2-11} 
  \multicolumn{1}{|l|}{}                       &                   & \checkmark &  &   &   &   &    &   &   &   \\ \hline
 \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Which produces:

Now you can play changing the l alignment characters to p{} and get different column widths, but this I'll leave up to you ;)

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[Tex/LaTex] Table with COLSPAN and ROWSPAN together

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