Reference to a table before it appears

Question

I want to reference a table before it appears.The TeX code is pasted below

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
The results given in Table~\ref{tab:a} show the  performance of
the class.

\begin{table}
    \begin{center}
        \begin{tabular}{lrc}\hline
        Name & Mark & Grade \\
        \hline
        Prasad & 99 & A+ \\
        Prakash & 51 & C\\
        Shine & 5 & F\\ \hline
        \end{tabular}
        \caption{Class Mark List}\label{tab:a}
    \end{center}
\end{table}
\end{document}

But the text

The results given in Table~\ref{tab:a} show the  performance of
    the class.

is coming after the table. How can I put the table immediately after the text.

Is this a problem of where the table appears (float placement) or of referencing it? You can influence the placement of the table with a modifier \begin{table}[h]. (I believe the \label should go inside the \caption.) — Christian Lindig, Feb 27 '11 at 10:24
@Christian: The \label just needs to go after the \caption. I can't think of any good reason to put it inside it. — TH., Feb 27 '11 at 10:34
possible duplicate of Why is my table displayed at the top of the page? — TH., Feb 27 '11 at 10:35
@Christian. I want the table to be referenced before and place the table immediately after the text. — Vinod, Feb 27 '11 at 10:37

score 24 · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-01T13:12:04.213

24

use it this way:

\begin{table}[!htb]
    \centering
        \begin{tabular}{lrc}\hline
        ....
    \caption{Class Mark List}\label{tab:a}
\end{table}

However, from typographers view the caption of a table should be above the tabular.

edited Jun 01 '16 at 13:12

answered Feb 27 '11 at 10:28

@Vinod: I know, but in other situations not and it is already modified internally to [ht] – Feb 27 '11 at 10:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 15 '17 at 04:53

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\begin{table}[htdp]
\vskip 0.25cm
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{| c| c |c |}
\hline\hline
{\textcolor{blue}{Plasma Parameter} & {\textcolor{blue}{PIC code parameters }& { \textcolor{blue}{MHD code parameters}}&\\
\hline
{\bf B$_z$}& 0.2&6.5 (nT)\\
\hline
{\bf V$_x$}& 0.25 & 500 (km.sec$^-^1$)\\
\hline
{\bf V$_A$}& 0.028 & 63 (km.sec$^-^1$)\\
\hline
$\frac{V_{A}}{V_{SW}}$&0.11&0.12\\
\hline
{\bf M$_A$}&8.9&7.8\\
\hline
{M$_S_C$}&5.5&5.2\\
\hline
\beta&1.6&2.7\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

\caption{ PIC and MHD simulations}\label{Tab:1}
\end{table}

edited Jul 15 '17 at 04:53

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answered Aug 24 '13 at 15:10

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Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look at our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format. Could you provide some explanations? Also, it would be better to have a full compilable code instead of just a snippet. – henrique Aug 24 '13 at 15:32
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The code do not compile, could you please add the details to make it compilable? Thanks in advance – JuanMuñoz Jul 08 '18 at 21:08
Thanks! It works! \label should be put after \caption . – ambigus9 Jan 09 '21 at 17:45

Reference to a table before it appears

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