[Tex/LaTex] vertical subtables not aligning properly

tables

I have 4 sub tables inside a table environment. The sub tables are too far to the right and the sub caption for the sub tables is also not centered below the sub tables. Any help will be appreciated.

\begin{table} [htp]
    \centering
    \begin{subtable}[c]{.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
            \hline Class & Recall & FP & Precision & F-Measure & MCC \\
            \hline normal      &    0.924     &  0.380  &   0.648        &   0.762        &  0.554   \\
            \hline anomaly      & 0.620       &  0.076  &    0.915       &    0.739       &  0.554    \\
            \hline
            Weighted Avg. & 0.751 & 0.207 & 0.800 & 0.749 & 0.554 \\
            \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{SVM-Linear Performance Metrics \label{tbl:svmlinearaccuracy}}
        \vspace{10mm}           
    \end{subtable}
\quad%  
    \begin{subtable}[c]{.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
            \hline Class & Recall & FP & Precision & F-Measure & MCC \\
            \hline normal      &    0.967     &  0.391  &   0.652        &   0.779        &  0.594   \\
            \hline anomaly      & 0.609       &  0.033  &    0.961       &    0.745       &  0.594    \\
            \hline
            Weighted Avg. & 0.763 & 0.187 & 0.828 & 0.760 & 0.594 \\
            \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{SVM-Polynomial Performance Metrics \label{tbl:svmpolynomialaccuracy}}
        \vspace{10mm}           
    \end{subtable}
\quad%   
    \begin{subtable}[c]{.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
            \hline Class & Recall & FP & Precision & F-Measure & MCC \\
            \hline normal      &    0.925     &  0.403  &   0.635       &   0.753        &  0.534   \\
            \hline anomaly      & 0.597       &  0.075  &    0.913       &    0.722       &  0.534    \\
            \hline
            Weighted Avg. & 0.738 & 0.216 & 0.793 & 0.735 & 0.534 \\
            \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{SVM Sigmoid Performance Metrics \label{tbl:svmsigmoidaccuracy}}
        \vspace{10mm}
    \end{subtable}
\quad%  
    \begin{subtable}[c]{.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
            \hline Class & Recall & FP & Precision & F-Measure & MCC \\
            \hline normal      &    0.924     &  0.409  &   0.631       &   0.750        &  0.528   \\
            \hline anomaly      & 0.591       &  0.076  &    0.911       &    0.717       &  0.528    \\
            \hline
            Weighted Avg. & 0.734 & 0.220 & 0.790 & 0.731 & 0.528 \\
            \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{SVM RBF Performance Metrics \label{tbl:svmrbfaccuracy}}
        \vspace{10mm}
    \end{subtable}  
    \caption{Main Table}
\end{table}

Best Answer

Your table includes subtables which are too broad to fit two on one line. And they are too broad for the .5\textwidth. Hence you should increase that subtable width to \textwidth and remove the \quad macros (replace them with \\).

Then you should have the right formatting. Actually they are formatted correctly, because the caption is centered across the .5\textwidth.

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[Tex/LaTex] How to properly center subtables

You want the subtable boxes to be full width, and then centre inside them:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{multirow, array, hhline}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\begin{document} 

\begin{table}[!ht]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|r|c|c|c|}
\multirow{2}{*}{\parbox[p][2.5em][b]{2.5cm}{\centering Rows}} & \multicolumn{3}{ >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{3.5cm}|}{\parbox[p][2.5em][c]{3.5cm}{\centering Columns}} \\
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & 0 & 0.0 & 0.0 \\
\end{tabular}
\caption{Caption 1} 
\end{table}

\begin{table}[!ht]
\centering

\begin{subtable}{\textwidth}\centering
\begin{tabular}{|r|c|c|c|}
\multirow{2}{*}{\parbox[p][2.75em][b]{2.5cm}{\centering Rows}} & \multicolumn{3}{ >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{3.5cm}|}{\parbox[p][2.5em][c]{3.5cm}{\centering Columns}} \\
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & 0\% & 00\% & 00\% \\
\end{tabular}
\caption{2a}
\end{subtable}

\begin{subtable}{\textwidth}\centering
\begin{tabular}{|r|c|c|c|}
\multirow{2}{*}{\parbox[p][2.75em][b]{2.5cm}{\centering Rows}} & \multicolumn{3}{ >{\centering\arraybackslash}p{3.5cm}|}{\parbox[p][2.5em][c]{3.5cm}{\centering Columns}} \\
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} & 0\% & 00\% & 00\% \\
\end{tabular}
\caption{2b}
\end{subtable}
\end{table}

\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Table not appearing properly

LaTeX is brilliant and unparalleled in its field; but it's not magical. It typesets the table it's given; it can't know that you don't intend that table to extend past the margins unless you tell it so.

To control the overall width of a table, you can use tabularx; its documentation is clear and complete, but the bottom line is you can change your column specifier to X, and that column will stretch or shrink to allow the table to fit. In your table, columns 1, 3, and 4 seem to be the issues; so:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{X|lXXXXXX}
\hline
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sssss ssssssssssss            & sss       & sss      & sssssssss, ssssssssssss                    & sssssssss sssssss, sssssss  & ssssss     &                                     &                                         \\
ssssssssss ssssssssssss        & sss       & ss       & sssssssss                                  & ssssss ssssss              & ssssss     &                                     &                                         \\
ssssssss ssssssss             & ss        & sss      & sssssssss, sssssssss sssssssssss           & ssssssssssss, sssssssss    & ssssss     &                                     &                                         \\
ssss sssss                    & sss       & sss      & sssss, ssssssssss sssssss, ssssss ssssssss & ssssssssssss               & sssssss    &                                     &                                         \\
ssss                          & ss        & sss      & sssssss ssssss, sssssssss ssssssss         & sssssssss                  & sssssss    &                                     &                                         \\
sss                           & ss        & sss      & ssssssss ssssssssss                        & sssss sssssssss            & sssssss    &                                     &                                         \\
ssssss ssssss                 & ss        & sss      & ssssssss ssssssssss                        & sssssssss ss sssss sssssss & sssssss    &                                     &                                        
\end{tabularx}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Now, your table still doesn't look very good; since there are very few word breaks, it's impossible for LaTeX to select good break points for the columns. But this should give you the idea.

You can also consider setting your table in landscape mode (see the lscape package), or reducing the size of the text, though in the latter case you should be careful you're not making a stylistic mistake.

Also, please include a minimal working example in your question, that people can simply copy, paste, and compile, complete with \documentclass and the rest; this makes it much easier for people to help you. A quick search will reveal more information about this.

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