[Tex/LaTex] table with many columns

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I have some questions about the below table:

If I omit the margins, the table will completely get disordered.
I want to have the two 4 columns in the middle to have a slight distance with each other but the \cmidrule is not working properly
as you can see at the right side of the table the data have come out of the table.

I will be more than grateful if you kindly help me solve the problems.

\documentclass{article} [8pt]
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mhchem} 
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{bm}
\begin{document}

\begin{table*}[htb]
  \label{tbl:stats-and-correlations}

  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{l*{8}{c}}
    \toprule
    & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel A:}} 
     & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel B:}}  \\ \cmidrule{2-5} \cmidrule{6-9}

               & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $}
               & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} \\ [0.5ex]
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom})
               & (\si{\angstrom}) \\
               \hline
    Variable~1 &    0.78 &    0.37 &    0.48 &    0.10 &    0.13 &    0.58 &    0.41 &    0.10\\
    Variable~2 &    0.46 &    0.86 &    0.96 &    0.44 &    0.15 &    0.56 &    0.31 &    0.10\\
    Variable~3 &    0.03 &    0.75 &    0.11 &    0.44 &    0.71 &    0.06 &    0.26 &    0.10\\
    Variable~4 &    0.21 &    0.25 &    0.38 &    0.88 &    0.24 &    0.52 &    0.46 &    0.10\\
    Variable~5 &    0.20 &    0.93 &    0.54 &    0.96 &    0.55 &    0.82 &    0.62 &    0.10\\
    Variable~6 &    0.67 &    0.85 &    0.74 &    0.99 &    0.27 &    0.48 &    0.85 &    0.10\\
    Variable~7 &    0.82 &    0.89 &    0.68 &    0.06 &    0.02 &    0.30 &    0.10 &    0.10\\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabularx}


\end{table*}

\end{document}

Best Answer

Your table is wider then the available \linewidth and the tabularx is used without any X column.

One possibility to get the table right is using \small and defining the first column as an X column:

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Code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem} 
\usepackage{siunitx}
%\usepackage{bm}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[htb]
  \label{tbl:stats-and-correlations}
  \small\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X*{8}{c}}
    \toprule
    & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel A:}} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel B:}}\\ \cmidrule(r){2-5} \cmidrule(l){6-9}
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} 
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} \\ [0.5ex]
    & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) \\
    \midrule
    Variable~1 &    0.78 &    0.37 &    0.48 &    0.10 &    0.13 &    0.58 &    0.41 &    0.10\\
    Variable~2 &    0.46 &    0.86 &    0.96 &    0.44 &    0.15 &    0.56 &    0.31 &    0.10\\
    Variable~3 &    0.03 &    0.75 &    0.11 &    0.44 &    0.71 &    0.06 &    0.26 &    0.10\\
    Variable~4 &    0.21 &    0.25 &    0.38 &    0.88 &    0.24 &    0.52 &    0.46 &    0.10\\
    Variable~5 &    0.20 &    0.93 &    0.54 &    0.96 &    0.55 &    0.82 &    0.62 &    0.10\\
    Variable~6 &    0.67 &    0.85 &    0.74 &    0.99 &    0.27 &    0.48 &    0.85 &    0.10\\
    Variable~7 &    0.82 &    0.89 &    0.68 &    0.06 &    0.02 &    0.30 &    0.10 &    0.10\\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabularx}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

Note that I have changed \hline to \midrule.

Another possibility is using \small together with tabular* and @{\extracolsep{\fill}} behind the first column definition.

\small\begin{tabular*}{\linewidth}{l@{\extracolsep{\fill}}*{8}{c}}
...
\end{tabular*}

will stretch all columns so that the width of the table fits \linewidth.

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Or you can use \resizebox from the graphics bundle if your table width differs not so much from line width.

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Code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}% loads also graphicx
\usepackage{siunitx}
%\usepackage{bm}
\begin{document}
\begin{table*}[htb]
  \label{tbl:stats-and-correlations}
  \resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{\begin{tabular}{l*{8}{c}}
    \toprule
    & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel A:}} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{\textbf{Panel B:}}\\ \cmidrule(r){2-5} \cmidrule(l){6-9}
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} 
    & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} & {$d_{(\ce{O1}-\ce{Mg_{(Zn)}})} $} \\ [0.5ex]
    & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) & (\si{\angstrom}) \\
    \midrule
    Variable~1 &    0.78 &    0.37 &    0.48 &    0.10 &    0.13 &    0.58 &    0.41 &    0.10\\
    Variable~2 &    0.46 &    0.86 &    0.96 &    0.44 &    0.15 &    0.56 &    0.31 &    0.10\\
    Variable~3 &    0.03 &    0.75 &    0.11 &    0.44 &    0.71 &    0.06 &    0.26 &    0.10\\
    Variable~4 &    0.21 &    0.25 &    0.38 &    0.88 &    0.24 &    0.52 &    0.46 &    0.10\\
    Variable~5 &    0.20 &    0.93 &    0.54 &    0.96 &    0.55 &    0.82 &    0.62 &    0.10\\
    Variable~6 &    0.67 &    0.85 &    0.74 &    0.99 &    0.27 &    0.48 &    0.85 &    0.10\\
    Variable~7 &    0.82 &    0.89 &    0.68 &    0.06 &    0.02 &    0.30 &    0.10 &    0.10\\
    \bottomrule
  \end{tabular}}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

Additionally you can save space by removing the left \tabcolsep of the first column and the right \tablcolsep of the last column: add @{} at the begin and the end of the column definitions. That means for the last example

\resizebox{\linewidth}{!}{\begin{tabular}{@{}l*{8}{c}@{}}
...
\end{tabular}}

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[Tex/LaTex] Table with multiple rows and columns

Assuming you want to stay with the tabularx table type that was used in my answer to the posting Table rowspan and colspan, you may achieve your objective using the methods set forth in section 4.3 of the user guide of the tabularx package. The method described there works by adjusting the relative widths of the columns of type X. (Naturally, if your tabularx table contains only a single column of type X, its width is fully determined as a residual, viz., as the difference between the overall text width and the sum of the widths of the other columns and intercolumn spaces.)

The following example shows how to this may be done to create a table in which the first and fourth columns are 50% wider than the two middle columns. Note how the four \hsize values -- 1.2, 0.8, 0.8, and 1.2 -- sum to 4, which is the number of columns of type X (or, to be even more precise, Y, where Y is a modified form of X).

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{multirow,tabularx}
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2}
\begin{document}

\emph{Original form: All columns are equally wide.}

\noindent
\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}

\bigskip
\emph{Modified form: Columns 1 and 4 are 50\% wider than columns 2 and 3.}

\smallskip\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|
 >{\hsize=1.2\hsize}Y| 
 >{\hsize=0.8\hsize}Y|
 >{\hsize=0.8\hsize}Y|
 >{\hsize=1.2\hsize}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}

[Tex/LaTex] Tabularx table with many columns malformatted

Just a bit of math, assuming the standard text width of article (345pt), the standard \tabcolsep (6pt) and the standard rule width (0.4pt).

With 19 columns you have to do (345-38*6-20*0.4)/19 = 5.73684 (rounded), so you have just 5.73684pt width for the X columns and each digit is about 5pt. Indeed, for this case I get

Overfull \hbox (4.26317pt too wide)

and 10-5.73684=4.26316 (being off by one in the fifth decimal digit is normal).

So if you want to ensure 20 columns with two digit entries will fit, you need to adjust the parameters; you need

20 * 10 + 20 * 2 * \tabcolsep + 21 * 0.4

Reducing \tabcolsep to 3pt, say, this amounts to 328.4pt, that fits:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}

\setlength{\tabcolsep}{3pt}
\noindent
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|X|}
0 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & 13 & 14 & 15 & 16 & 17 & 18 & 19\\
\end{tabularx}

\end{document}

This compiles without any warning.

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