How do I remove unnecessary spacing before and after a table?

Question

Example:

Let A = \{$\alpha$,$\beta$,$\psi$\} be a set operates on $\star$ then

\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|lll}
\textbf{$\star$} & \textbf{$\alpha$} & \textbf{$\beta$} &\textbf{$\gamma$}\\
\hline
$\alpha$ & $\alpha$ & $\alpha$ & $\alpha$ \\
$\beta$  & $\beta$  & $\beta$  & $\beta$  \\
$\gamma$ & $\gamma$ & $\gamma$ & $\gamma$ \\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Further text.

I want to remove unnecessary extra spacing before and after the table.

The answer is here: How to change the spacing between figures/tables and text?. — Tawei, Nov 06 '13 at 07:33
If you want to use \centering without table environment, use \begin{center} ... \end{center} or minipage instead. — Tawei, Nov 06 '13 at 08:18
See also "Changing lengths" at SUED - Squeezing Space in LaTeX. — Stephen, Nov 06 '13 at 09:06
@selwyndd21: \begin{center} ... \end{center} also adds space, so that's not the way to go. — wasteofspace, Nov 06 '13 at 09:39

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 15 '17 at 02:53

do not use a table environment if you do not need it:

 \documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

  \begin{enumerate}
    \item Set of an integer is closed under $+$ , $-$ , $\times$ operator.
    \item Set of an integer is not closed under $/$ operator.
  \end{enumerate}

Let A = \{$\alpha$,$\beta$,$\psi$\} is a set operates on $\star$ then

\begin{tabular}{l|lll}
\textbf{$\star$} & \textbf{$\alpha$} & \textbf{$\beta$} &\textbf{$\gamma$}\\
\hline
$\alpha$ & $\alpha$ &$\alpha$ &$\alpha$\\
$\beta$ & $\beta$ &$\beta$ &$\beta$\\
%\midrule
$\gamma$ & $\gamma$ &$\gamma$ &$\gamma$\\
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

and if you want the tabular centered use:

{\centering
\begin{tabular}{l|lll}
\textbf{$\star$} & \textbf{$\alpha$} & \textbf{$\beta$} &\textbf{$\gamma$}\\
\hline
$\alpha$ & $\alpha$ &$\alpha$ &$\alpha$\\
$\beta$ & $\beta$ &$\beta$ &$\beta$\\
%\midrule
$\gamma$ & $\gamma$ &$\gamma$ &$\gamma$\\
\end{tabular}\par}

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 06 '13 at 09:16

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Use

\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{l|lll}
...
\end{tabular}
\end{center}

rather than a table environment.

edited Nov 06 '13 at 09:16

egreg

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answered Nov 06 '13 at 09:05

user39495

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don't use a center environment unless you prefer its spacing to that separating a float from surrounding text. – wasteofspace Nov 06 '13 at 09:41
sry i didnt get u...we are beginner – user39495 Nov 06 '13 at 09:50

How do I remove unnecessary spacing before and after a table?

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