tables
I would like to create a table that is labelled like the axis of a plot, i.e. a vertical orientation of the y-axis' label. This is what I have
\begin{tabular}{rc|c|c|c|}
&&\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{Category A}\\
&&little&some&a lot\\
&little&&&\\
Category B&some&&\\
&a lot&&&\\\hline
\end{tabular}
But I would like the text 'Category B', to be vertical spanning from row 3-5 instead of being horizontal in row 4.
How do I achieve that?
One way to do it would be to use a custom counter. Below I have adapted the solution from a very similar question Making the table enumerated, which yields:
I have used a \newcolumntype from the array package to define a P column type to simplify the use of the tabular environments in adding the labels:
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\AddLabel}p{#1}<{}}
When a column of type P{} is used, the \AddLabel macro is invoked first, which increments the counter and automatically adds the counters value as a label before using the regular p{} column type.
\makebox is used to ensure that the labels are aligned to the right within a space equal to the width that would be required to typeset 99 (assuming that your max will be two digits.
When using the \multicolumn, you need to manually include \AddLabel to generate the label as needed.
At the start of any subsequent tables that use the P column type as defined here, one needs to reset the counter via \setcounter{Label}{0}. Otherwise a table following the one in this example would start the numbering from 12.
If you are using this table numerous times in your document, the I would suggest
either defining a custom environment, or perhaps redefining the \begin{tabular} environment to automatically reset this counter. See How can I center all tables in a document? for help with this if desired.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}% \newcolumntype
\usepackage{calc}% \widthof
\newcounter{Label}
\newcommand*{\AddLabel}{%
\stepcounter{Label}%
\makebox[\widthof{99}][r]{\arabic{Label}}.~%
}%
\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\AddLabel}p{#1}<{}}
\begin{document}
\setcounter{Label}{0}% Start at beginning (Really only needed for subsequent uses)
\begin{tabular}{|P{5cm}P{5cm}|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{Testing Modifications (highlight or circle)} \\
\hline
Time Limit Waved & On-Task Focusing Prompts \\
Exam/Sep Location & Waive Spelling Reqs \\
Questions Read Aloud & Revise Test Format \\
Answers Any Way & Revise Test Directions \\
Calc/Abacus Permitted & Breaks \\
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\AddLabel Other: \underline{\hspace{10cm}}} \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
For this kind of stuff I find it best to use \tikzmark:
I was not sure where you wanted the brace, so the brace below might not be where you want it. But do the table as you normally would and get the text in the correct spot. Include a \tikzmark{<nameA>} and \tikzmark{<nameB>} to mark the location of the two end points of the brace. Then provide the name of those two marks to \DrawVerticalBrace to do the actual drawing.
This does require two runs. First one to determine the locations, and the second to do the drawing.
The \tikzmark is from Adding a large brace next to a body of text.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc,decorations.pathreplacing}
\newcommand{\tikzmark}[1]{%
\tikz[overlay,remember picture,baseline] \node [anchor=base] (#1) {};}
\newcommand{\DrawVerticalBrace}[3][]{%
% [<draw options>]{<mark>}{<mark>}
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
\draw[decorate,decoration={brace,amplitude=1ex}, #1]
($(#3)+(0.0em,-0.5ex)$) to
($(#2)+(0.0em,+1.7ex)$);%
\end{tikzpicture}%
}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ l c r }
$T=0$ & $T=1$ & $T=2$ \\
$-1$ & \multicolumn{2}{l}{$
\begin{array}{l l}
\tikzmark{top}0 & R\\
\tikzmark{bot}1 & 0
\end{array} $}
\end{tabular}
\DrawVerticalBrace[red, thick]{top}{bot}%
\end{document}
Best Answer
Depending on exactly what you need, you may wish to adjust the spacing, but something like this:
Here I have added extra
\hlineto the table to make the spacing clearer, also the heading is backspaced by the depth of a table row so that it exactly fits (The first version got this wrong) this spacing may be adjusted in individual cases to gain better visual spacing if that is needed.