[Tex/LaTex] Table with footnote

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I have a table and some of the number inside has some symbol like * and **
which should be explianed as footer ( at the end of the table not the page) I dont know how to do that and I dont want to change my code
my code looks like this 

\begin{table}[h]
    \caption  {\bf Performance at First Doubles Matches}  % title name of the table
    \centering  % centering table
    \begin{tabular}{l c c c }  % creating 4 columns
        \hline
        % here is the info 
        \hline
        % I need the foot note here ( I dont know if it is called fotenote or not ??) but I need the related info at the end of the table 
    \end{tabular}
    \label{tab:PPer}
\end{table}

Best Answer

Without changing the code:
Add an extra row at the bottom, merge the cells with \multicolumns and put the footnote manually there, i.e. format it with superscript and footnote text. A MWE (NB! Ugly spacing):

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering

\begin{tabular}{lccc}  % creating 4 columns

\hline \\
test & test & test & test\textsuperscript{*} \\ % here is the info 
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{*}\footnotesize{The footnote}}

\end{tabular}

\caption{\textbf{Performance at First Doubles Matches}}  % title name of the table
\label{tab:PPer}
\end{table}
\end{document}

NB!!: Please, use the package booktabs to get nicer spacing and lines.

Compiled MWE

A prettified MWE_

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}


\begin{table}[h]

\centering

\begin{tabular}{@{}lccc@{}}  % creating 4 columns

\toprule
\textbf{H1} &\textbf{H2} & \textbf{H3} & \textbf{H4} \\ \midrule
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\textsuperscript{*} \\ % here is the info 
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\textsuperscript{**} \\
testtest & test & testtest\textsuperscript{***} & testtesttesttest \\\midrule 
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\\
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\\    \midrule[.5pt]
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{*}\footnotesize{The first footnote}}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{**}\footnotesize{The second footnote}}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{**}\footnotesize{The third footnote}}

\end{tabular}

\caption{\textbf{Performance at First Doubles Matches}}  % title name of the table
\label{tab:PPer}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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Changing the code
Use the package threeparttable, or use the package longtable, which support footnotes and can be used even if the table does not span pages. You have to change you code, though.

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