tabular environment: incrementing the headings

Question

Is it possible to let LaTeX increment the headings in a table environment? If so, how could I do this?

For example, I would like to have 7 columns and 7 rows where the columns except the first are blue = $1$ & blue = $2$ & ... and similarly the rows except the first are red = $1$ & ....

Is there a way to have LaTeX do this? In TikZ, I could use a foreach loop.

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
  \begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
  \hline
    & blue = $1$ & blue = $2$ & blue = $3$ & ... \\
    red = $1$ & & ... \\
    red = $2$ & & ... \\
    red = $3$ & & ... \\
    ...
  \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Can you fill in more of the ... to show the desired table. I have a suspicion (given the comments on my answer) that I can't guess what you intend. — David Carlisle, Oct 10 '14 at 15:23
It's still very unclear (I'd never have guessed you meant the layout Werner showed:-) — David Carlisle, Oct 10 '14 at 15:26
@DavidCarlisle what book would you recommend to read to grasp this part of LaTeX better? — dustin, Oct 10 '14 at 16:05
@dustin not sure what "this part" is, the latex companion is the canonical book for most things, but the package documentation or this site are free;-) — David Carlisle, Oct 10 '14 at 16:43

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '14 at 15:22

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Here's a way, all supported by array for insertion of content at the start of a cell:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}

\newcounter{bluecol}\newcounter{redrow}
\newcommand{\insertblue}{%
  \relax\ifnum\value{bluecol}>0 blue${}=\number\numexpr7-\value{bluecol}$\addtocounter{bluecol}{-1}\fi}
\newcommand{\insertred}{%
  \stepcounter{redrow}red${}= \theredrow$}

\begin{document}

\setcounter{redrow}{0}
\setcounter{bluecol}{6}
\begin{tabular}{|>{\insertred}c*{6}{|>{\insertblue}c}|}
  \hline
  \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{} &&&&&& \\
  &&&&&& \\
  &&&&&& \\
  &&&&&& \\
  &&&&&& \\
  &&&&&& \\
  &&&&&& \\
  \hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

The first \multicolumn is to prevent red from being set in the first row.

answered Oct 10 '14 at 15:22

Werner

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Oh well OK if that's what he meant you get +1 and a crystal ball and I'll delete my answer:-) – David Carlisle Oct 10 '14 at 15:24
as promised :-) – David Carlisle Oct 10 '14 at 15:27
I have a follow question on automating the entries since they will go something like (1, 1) & (0, 2) & (0, 3) & ... & (0, 6) for row 2 as an example. This entries are built on a rule though. I cant seem to determine how to execute it from what I learned from this post though. Should I include it here or make a new question? – dustin Oct 10 '14 at 15:51
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Could you describe the rule? I assume this doesn't only hold for row 2, but for other rows as well. You may be interested in looking at Counters for use in array/tabular cells. – Werner Oct 10 '14 at 15:54
The rule is the larger number is chosen from red or blue. Then X is 0 for blue chosen and 1 for red. Y is the number chosen. – dustin Oct 10 '14 at 15:56
I forgot to mention the tie goes to red. – dustin Oct 10 '14 at 16:04

tabular environment: incrementing the headings

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