Table with footnote

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I have a table and some of the number inside has some symbol like * and ** which should be explianed as footer ( at the end of the table not the page) I dont know how to do that and I dont want to change my code my code looks like this

\begin{table}[h]
    \caption  {\bf Performance at First Doubles Matches}  % title name of the table
    \centering  % centering table
    \begin{tabular}{l c c c }  % creating 4 columns
        \hline
        % here is the info 
        \hline
        % I need the foot note here ( I dont know if it is called fotenote or not ??) but I need the related info at the end of the table 
    \end{tabular}
    \label{tab:PPer}
\end{table}

Do you mean something like in this question: How to align p-values description in the notes of a table? — cgnieder, Aug 24 '12 at 14:25

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 08 '17 at 16:23

Without changing the code:
Add an extra row at the bottom, merge the cells with \multicolumns and put the footnote manually there, i.e. format it with superscript and footnote text. A MWE (NB! Ugly spacing):

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{table}[h]
\centering

\begin{tabular}{lccc}  % creating 4 columns

\hline \\
test & test & test & test\textsuperscript{*} \\ % here is the info 
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{*}\footnotesize{The footnote}}

\end{tabular}

\caption{\textbf{Performance at First Doubles Matches}}  % title name of the table
\label{tab:PPer}
\end{table}
\end{document}

NB!!: Please, use the package booktabs to get nicer spacing and lines.

Compiled MWE

A prettified MWE_

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}

\begin{document}


\begin{table}[h]

\centering

\begin{tabular}{@{}lccc@{}}  % creating 4 columns

\toprule
\textbf{H1} &\textbf{H2} & \textbf{H3} & \textbf{H4} \\ \midrule
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\textsuperscript{*} \\ % here is the info 
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\textsuperscript{**} \\
testtest & test & testtest\textsuperscript{***} & testtesttesttest \\\midrule 
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\\
testtest & test & testtest & testtesttesttest\\    \midrule[.5pt]
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{*}\footnotesize{The first footnote}}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{**}\footnotesize{The second footnote}}\\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{\textsuperscript{**}\footnotesize{The third footnote}}

\end{tabular}

\caption{\textbf{Performance at First Doubles Matches}}  % title name of the table
\label{tab:PPer}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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Changing the code
Use the package threeparttable, or use the package longtable, which support footnotes and can be used even if the table does not span pages. You have to change you code, though.

score 14 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 15 '17 at 14:46

Here is an example using threeparttable :

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{standalone}
\usepackage{booktabs, dcolumn}

\newcommand\mc[1]{\multicolumn{1}{c}{#1}}

\begin{document}

%\begin{table}
  \begin{threeparttable}
    \caption{Data from the experiment}
    \label{tab:data}
    \begin{tabular}{c D{.}{.}{2.3} D{-}{{}-{}}{2.2} D{-}{\text{--}}{1.2} }
      \toprule
      Test & \mc{Number} & \mc{Difference} & \mc{Interval}\\
      \midrule
      t&12.3    & \beta_3-\beta_2  & 2-6   \\
      e&4.567 & \beta_4-\beta_3  & 7-8\tnote{\textdagger}  \\
      \addlinespace
      s&8.90   & \beta_5-\beta_4  & 9-17 \\
      \midrule
      t&10.11 & \beta_6-\beta_5  & 1-17 \\
      \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
    \begin{tablenotes}
    \item[\textdagger] and all other cyclic permutations
    \end{tablenotes}
  \end{threeparttable}
%\end{table}


\end{document}

my threeparttable

I made this example as an reminder for myself, and it demonstrates more than you need(nice spacing, aligning on symbols, ...), but it should be easy to see what is relevant for you.

Hi, why you can type \beta without left and right $? Could you explain why? I do not understand D{-}{{}-{}}{2.2}. Thanks! — Eden Harder, Apr 26 '15 at 02:13
@Eden Harder: It is the dcolumn package by David Carlisle. It is all explained on the first page of the manual: http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/ctan/macros/latex/required/tools/dcolumn.pdf — hpekristiansen, Apr 26 '15 at 14:37
Thanks! The document explains that "It should be noted that dcolumn always uses math mode for the digits as well as the separator." — Eden Harder, Apr 26 '15 at 14:49

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 10:01

Have a look at the ctable package. If you make a complete example containing those *'s (I don't see any here) we can try to adapt it. You'll get something like:

\documentclass[a6paper]{article}
\usepackage{ctable,geometry}
\begin{document}
\ctable[
      caption = {\bf Performance at First Doubles Matches},
        label = tab:PPer,
          pos = h
    ]{l c c c}{
      \tnote[*]{my first footnote}
      \tnote[**]{my second footnote}
    }{\FL
      123\tmark[*] & 345 &456&567\NN
      123  & 345 &456&567\tmark[**]\LL
    }

\end{document}

enter image description here

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 08 '17 at 16:22

If you do not need different marks to the usual counters, a simple method is include the table in a minipage. By default the marks will be a,b,c ... instead of 1,2,3... but the example show how to change to another counters, including the numeric counter of the normal text (probably useless, I know ...)

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

Text before a table\footnote{A normal foot page note} \par

\bigskip


\begin{minipage}{1\columnwidth}%
\renewcommand\footnoterule{ \kern -1ex}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
aaa\footnote{First normal (alphabetic) foot table} & aaa  & aaa\\
aaa & aaa & aaa\footnote{Another table note}\\
aaa & \footnote{One more}aaa & aaa\\
aaa\footnote{Last footnote} & aaa & aaa\\
\hline 
\end{tabular}\\% 
\end{minipage}


\bigskip

\begin{minipage}{1\columnwidth}%
\renewcommand\footnoterule{ \kern -1ex}
\renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\fnsymbol{mpfootnote}}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
aaa\footnote{First customized (fnsymbol) foot table} & aaa  & aaa\\
aaa & aaa & aaa\footnote{Another table note}\\
aaa & \footnote{One more}aaa & aaa\\
aaa\footnote{Last footnote} & aaa & aaa\\
\hline 
\end{tabular}\\% 
\end{minipage}


\bigskip


\begin{minipage}{1\columnwidth}%
\renewcommand\footnoterule{ \kern -1ex}
\renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\Roman{mpfootnote}}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
aaa\footnote{First  customized (Roman)  foot table. Try also roman y Alph styles} & aaa  & aaa\\
aaa & aaa & aaa\footnote{Another table note}\\
aaa & \footnote{One more}aaa & aaa\\
aaa\footnote{Last footnote} & aaa & aaa\\
\hline 
\end{tabular}\\% 
\end{minipage}

\bigskip

\begin{minipage}{1\columnwidth}%
\renewcommand\footnoterule{ \kern -1ex}
\renewcommand{\thempfootnote}{\arabic{mpfootnote}}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
aaa\footnote{Independentlly numbered foot notes. } & aaa  & aaa\\
aaa & aaa & aaa\footnote{Another table note}\\
aaa & \footnote{One more}aaa & aaa\\
aaa\footnote{Last footnote} & aaa & aaa\\
\hline 
\end{tabular}\\% 
\end{minipage}

\bigskip



\bigskip

\begin{minipage}{1\columnwidth}%
\renewcommand\footnoterule{ \kern -1ex}
\begin{tabular}{lll}
\hline
aaa & aaa {\scriptsize\footnotemark} & aaa\\
aaa & aaa & aaa \\
aaa & aaa & aaa{\scriptsize\footnotemark}\\
aaa & aaa & aaa\\
\hline 
\end{tabular}\\% 
\scriptsize\footnotemark[2]{Foot note numbered as normal page notes} \\
\hspace{2em}\scriptsize\footnotemark[3]{Another note}
\end{minipage}

\bigskip

Text after a  table\footnote{Another page note}


\end{document}

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