I would like your help to build the following table: My question is on the first line where the cells containing the BIAS and RMSE names are bigger than the cells of the lines below. Summing up the first line with 3 columns with the following lines are 5 columns. Thank you very much.
[Tex/LaTex] Table with multicolumn!
multicolumntables
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The following is probably what you're after:
\documentclass[10pt]{article}
\begin{document}
\section{A}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
\hline \multicolumn{4}{|l|}{1} \\
\hline \multicolumn{3}{|l|}{2} & 14 \\
\hline 3 & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{7} & 15 \\
\hline 4 & 8 & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{12} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\section{B}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}
& & \phantom{12} & \\[-\normalbaselineskip] % fake/empty row
\hline \multicolumn{4}{|l|}{1} \\
\hline \multicolumn{3}{|l|}{2} & 14 \\
\hline 3 & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{7} & 15 \\
\hline 4 & 8 & \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{12} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\section{Goal}
I would like to have a table as in section B but without the third (empty) row.
\end{document}
The motivation behind this solution stems from what is commonly used in the tabbing environment where you specify the tabbing intervals and then \kill the row.
Note that you don't need multicol for this, since the default tabular is supported in LaTeX.
\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\setlength\extrarowheight{3pt}
\begin{longtable}[c]{|c|cc|c|c|c|c|}
\cline{4-7}
\multicolumn{2}{c}{}& & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{Var Y} \\
\cline{4-7}
\multicolumn{2}{c}{}& &
\rotatebox{90}{Cat Y1\ }&
\rotatebox{90}{Cat Y2\ }&
\rotatebox{90}{Cat Y3\ }&
\rotatebox{90}{Cat Y4\ }\\
\hline \multirow{6}{*}{\begin{sideways}Var X\end{sideways}} &
\multicolumn{1}{|c}{\multirow{2}{*}{Cat X1}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{N} & 4 & & & \\
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\%} & 100.00\% & & & \\
\cline{2-7} &
\multicolumn{1}{|c}{\multirow{2}{*}{Cat X2}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{N} & & 7 & 3 & \\
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\%}& & 70.00\% & 30.00\% & \\
\cline{2-7} &
\multicolumn{1}{|c}{\multirow{2}{*}{Cat X3}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{N} & & 25 & & 10 \\
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\%}& & 71.43\% & & 28.57\% \\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c}{\multirow{2}{*}{Total}} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{N} & 4 & 23 & 3 & 10 \\
\multicolumn{2}{|c}{} &
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{\%}& 10.00\% & 57.50\% & 7.50\% & 2.50\% \\
\hline
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
Best Answer
To create these columns simply use
This cell will span
2columns and becentred horizontally.Then proceed as usual.
Here's a complete example, based on the content which Wayne Tsai typed for you.
The code follows recommended guidelines, which eschew the use of vertical lines in tables; use heavier rules for top and bottom; minimise additional rules within the table body; increase spacing around rules; and align numerical values appropriately.
I use
booktabsfor the improved rules and spacing. Please read the documentation for advice on typesetting tables.I use
siunitxto align the content of the cells on the,which I assume to be the decimal marker.These recommendations are intended to make tabular material easier to read and to produce publication-quality results.