[Tex/LaTex] tables inside tables in latex

tables

For explaining an example in my paper, I need to have 6 tables and I need to make them as a package. I tried to make a table with small tabled indide in excel and then convert it with a tool to latex but output is not desirable.

Could you help me to maybe edit this and get my desirable output.
I need to pack 6 5*5 tables so that the first row of each table includes two cells (last 4 cells are merged).

\begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | }
\hline
     &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     & node's id & node's list &  &  &  &  & node's id & node's list &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 &  & 1 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 &  \\ \hline
     & 2 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 &  & 3 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 &  \\ \hline
     & 3 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 &  & 4 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 &  \\ \hline
     & 4 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 &  & 5 & 2 & 2 & 2 & 2 &  \\ \hline
     & 5 & 1 & 1 & 1 & 1 &  &  &  &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     & node's id & node's list &  &  &  &  & node's id & node's list &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     & 2 & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 &  & 1 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 &  \\ \hline
     & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 &  & 2 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 &  \\ \hline
     & 4 & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 &  & 3 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 &  \\ \hline
     & 5 & 3 & 3 & 3 & 3 &  & 5 & 4 & 4 & 4 & 4 &  \\ \hline
     &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     & node's id & node's list &  &  &  &  & node's id & node's list &  &  &  &  \\ \hline
     & 1 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 &  & 1 & 6 & 6 & 6 & 6 &  \\ \hline
     & 3 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 &  & 3 & 6 & 6 & 6 & 6 &  \\ \hline
     & 4 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 &  & 4 & 6 & 6 & 6 & 6 &  \\ \hline
     & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 & 5 &  & 5 & 6 & 6 & 6 & 6 &  \\ \hline
\end{tabular}

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You can put several tabulars in one table. For the line break just insert a blank line.

% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article} 
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
    \caption{6 tables}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
        \toprule
        1.1 & \multicolumn{4}{l}{merged cell}\\\midrule
        2.1 & 2.2 & 2.3 & 2.4 & 2.5\\
        3.1 & 3.2 & 3.3 & 3.4 & 3.5\\
        4.1 & 4.2 & 4.3 & 4.4 & 4.5\\
        5.1 & 5.2 & 5.3 & 5.4 & 5.5\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}\hfil % you can also leave this away, try \hfill or \hspace{'some length'em}
    \begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
        \toprule
        1.1 & \multicolumn{4}{l}{merged cell}\\\midrule
        2.1 & 2.2 & 2.3 & 2.4 & 2.5\\
        3.1 & 3.2 & 3.3 & 3.4 & 3.5\\
        4.1 & 4.2 & 4.3 & 4.4 & 4.5\\
        5.1 & 5.2 & 5.3 & 5.4 & 5.5\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}\vspace{2ex} % optional

    \begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
        \toprule
        1.1 & \multicolumn{4}{l}{merged cell}\\\midrule
        2.1 & 2.2 & 2.3 & 2.4 & 2.5\\
        3.1 & 3.2 & 3.3 & 3.4 & 3.5\\
        4.1 & 4.2 & 4.3 & 4.4 & 4.5\\
        5.1 & 5.2 & 5.3 & 5.4 & 5.5\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}\hfil
    \begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
        \toprule
        1.1 & \multicolumn{4}{l}{merged cell}\\\midrule
        2.1 & 2.2 & 2.3 & 2.4 & 2.5\\
        3.1 & 3.2 & 3.3 & 3.4 & 3.5\\
        4.1 & 4.2 & 4.3 & 4.4 & 4.5\\
        5.1 & 5.2 & 5.3 & 5.4 & 5.5\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}\vspace{2ex}

    \begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
        \toprule
        1.1 & \multicolumn{4}{l}{merged cell}\\\midrule
        2.1 & 2.2 & 2.3 & 2.4 & 2.5\\
        3.1 & 3.2 & 3.3 & 3.4 & 3.5\\
        4.1 & 4.2 & 4.3 & 4.4 & 4.5\\
        5.1 & 5.2 & 5.3 & 5.4 & 5.5\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}\hfil
    \begin{tabular}{*{5}{l}}
        \toprule
        1.1 & \multicolumn{4}{l}{merged cell}\\\midrule
        2.1 & 2.2 & 2.3 & 2.4 & 2.5\\
        3.1 & 3.2 & 3.3 & 3.4 & 3.5\\
        4.1 & 4.2 & 4.3 & 4.4 & 4.5\\
        5.1 & 5.2 & 5.3 & 5.4 & 5.5\\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
\end{document}

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If you need captions for each tabular, please have a look on the package subcaption. You will have to wrap every tabular in a subfigure-environment then.

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It's not clear that there is really an issue to be solved, it is only an issue for tables if you think there is an issue about tables. Most of the points that you raise could also be made about "paragraphs" or "lists", at some point you have to have some structural information as well as words.

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\hd{type}&\hd{A}&\hd{B}&\hd{Notes}\endhead
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zzz&1.2&3.4& zz zz zzzzz\\
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\newcommand\hd[1]{%
 \multicolumn{1}{c}{\bfseries\begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}#1\end{tabular}}

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\multicolumn can have only one column specifier. You have two! However, why do you have such complicated head definition. This does the same:

\begin{tabular}
    {|
        >{\RaggedRight}p{3.9cm}| 
        % Item
        >{\RaggedRight}p{1.9cm}|
        % Quantidade
        >{\RaggedRight}p{3.0cm}| 
        % Valor, Valor
        >{\RaggedRight}p{2.6cm}| }\hline 
    Item             &   Quantidade  &   Valor Unitário (R\$)    &   Valor 
    Total (R\$) \\ \hline
    CD                      &   1           &   5,00                    &   
    5,00,00           \\ \hline
    Impressão               &   800         &   0,15                    &   
    120,00            \\ \hline
    Reserva Gerencial       &   1           &   20,00                   &   
    20,00             \\ \hline
    Reserva de Contingência &   1           &   20,00                   &   
    20,00             \\ \hline
    Total                   & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{}                   &   
    165,00            \\ \hline 
\end{tabular}

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