How to force table to be below a enumerated list

Question

When I try to place a table in a list, like:

\begin{enumerate}
\item  

\begin{table}[htb!]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c||c|c}
$P$ & $Q$ & $R$ & $P\wedge (Q\vee R)$ & $(P\wedge Q)\vee (P\wedge R)$\\
\hline
T & T & T & T & T\\
T & T & F & T & T\\
T & F & T & T & T\\
T & F & F & F & F\\
F & T & T & F & F\\
F & T & F & F & F\\
F & F & T & F & F\\
F & F & F & F & F\\
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{enumerate}

The table always shows up above the item number. Is there any way to fix this?

Based on the accepted answer and the general use-case, I think this is a duplicate of How to influence the position of float environments like figure and table in LaTeX? — Werner, Jan 24 '16 at 12:21

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '16 at 08:10

Yes. You don't need to place a tabular inside a table. You can just set it as-is:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
  \item % Top
  \begin{tabular}[t]{ *{5}{c} }
    \\[\dimexpr-\normalbaselineskip-.4pt]
    \hline
    A & B & C & D & E \\
    \hline
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
    a & b & c & d & e \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}

  \item % Center (default)
  \begin{tabular}{ *{5}{c} }
    \hline
    A & B & C & D & E \\
    \hline
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
    a & b & c & d & e \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}

  \item % Bottom
  \begin{tabular}[b]{ *{5}{c} }
    \hline
    A & B & C & D & E \\
    \hline
    1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \\
    a & b & c & d & e \\
    \hline
    \\[\dimexpr-1.4\normalbaselineskip+.4pt] % rough estimate
  \end{tabular}

\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

I've tried to align the tabular with the enumerate \items. However, that's not necessary. Perhaps, if you want a centered tabular, just place it in a center environment after \item. Be aware of possible problems with page breaks separating the content from the enumeration.

Zarko · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-24T07:25:35.010

If for same reason you like to have table in list ... than add to \item invisible character ~:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}

\begin{enumerate}
\item ~ % <---- added ~
\begin{table}[h]
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{c|c|c||c|c}
$P$ & $Q$ & $R$ & $P\wedge (Q\vee R)$ & $(P\wedge Q)\vee (P\wedge R)$\
\hline
T & T & T & T & T\
T & T & F & T & T\
T & F & T & T & T\
T & F & F & F & F\
F & T & T & F & F\
F & T & F & F & F\
F & F & T & F & F\
F & F & F & F & F\
    \end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{enumerate}
    \end{document}

If you like that table appear after complete list (on bottom of page (this also can be concluded from your question}, than select for table option b: \begin{table}[b]

How to force table to be below a enumerated list

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