Table with a diagonal line that crosses cells

Question

How can I draw the following table in LaTeX?

I tried looking here but from the examples I can't figure out how I can draw this.

Edit: After browsing a few more times I found this with the help of which I could draw the table without the diagonal. Here is my MWE,

\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{CONCEPT} & \multicolumn{6}{c|}{COMPREHENSIVE NOTES}                                \\ \hline
Man                            & Substance & Material & Living           &     Sentient & Rational & Man \\ \hline
Animal                         & Substance & Material & Living           &     Sentient & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
Organism                       & Substance & Material & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
Body                           & Substance & Material & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
Substance                      & Substance & Spirit   & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{}         & \multicolumn{6}{c|}{EXTENSIVE SUBJECTS}                                 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Do these links help ? http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/17745/diagonal-lines-in-table-cell
http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7262/diagonally-divided-table-cell — Elad Den, May 25 '16 at 05:30
or you could use something like this to draw over your table ? http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9442/how-to-draw-lines-around-multiple-table-cells — Elad Den, May 25 '16 at 05:32
@EladDen: I can't figure out how to use them to fulfill my requirement. — , May 25 '16 at 06:26

A Feldman · Answer 1 · 2016-05-25T19:54:13.523

Here is one way of doing it, using the graphicx package:

\documentclass[10pt,letterpaper]{article}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
    \centering
    \caption{My caption}
    \label{my-label}
    \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
        \hline
        \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{CONCEPT} & \multicolumn{6}{c|}%
{COMPREHENSIVE NOTES\Large\strut}                                \\ \hline
        Man                            & Substance & Material & Living           &     Sentient & Rational & Man \\ \hline
        Animal                         & Substance & Material & Living           &     Sentient & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
        Organism                       & Substance & Material & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
        Body                           & Substance & Material & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
        Substance                      & Substance & Spirit   & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \\ \hline
        \multicolumn{1}{|c|}{}         & \multicolumn{6}{c|}%
{EXTENSIVE SUBJECTS\Large\strut}                                 \\ \hline
    \end{tabular}


\vskip-1.17in\rotatebox{14}{\hskip1.5in\vtop{\hsize=3.75in\rule{3.28in}{1pt}}}



\end{table}

and adjust the dimensions to fit your needs. I added a \Large\strut to adjust the cell padding for the top and bottom cells.

Try doing it in TikZ, since this would allow it to stretch with the content. — azetina, May 25 '16 at 20:04
I'm sure that somebody will. I'm surprised there is not already a tikz solution. — A Feldman, May 25 '16 at 20:31

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '16 at 21:09

With tikz

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}

\newcommand{\tikzmark}[2][]{\tikz[remember picture, overlay]\node[#1,inner sep=0pt,xshift=-\tabcolsep](#2){};\ignorespaces}
\newcommand{\tm}[2][]{\tikzmark[yshift=#1]{#2}}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|l|l|l|}
\hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{CONCEPT}& \multicolumn{6}{c|}{COMPREHENSIVE NOTES}                                                       \\ \hline
Man                          & Substance & Material               & Living           & Sentient & Rational &\tm[1.8ex]{A} Man \\ \hline
Animal                       & Substance & Material               & Living           & Sentient & Brutes   & Man              \\ \hline
Organism                     & Substance & Material               & Inanimate Bodies & Plants   & Brutes   & Man              \\ \hline
Body                         & Substance & Material               & Inanimate Bodies & Plants   & Brutes   & Man              \\ \hline
Substance                    & Substance & \tm[-0.9ex]{B} Spirits & Inanimate Bodies & Plants   & Brutes   & Man              \\ \hline
\multicolumn{1}{|c|}{}       & \multicolumn{6}{c|}{EXTENSIVE SUBJECTS}                                                        \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\tikz[remember picture, overlay]\draw[thick] (A)--(B);
\end{table}
\end{document}

Better answer than mine because you are able to just set your \tm in any cell in the table and the line gets drawn programatically. — A Feldman, May 26 '16 at 02:53

F. Pantigny · Answer 3 · 2023-08-21T07:08:56.210

With {NiceTabular} of nicematrix. That environment is similar to {tabular} (of array) but creates PGF/Tikz nodes under the cells. Then it's possible to use those nodes with Tikz to draw whatever rule you want (in the \CodeAfter or in the \CodeBefore of the array).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix,tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{My caption}
\label{my-label}
\begin{NiceTabular}{lllllll}[hvlines]
\multicolumn{1}{c}{CONCEPT} & \multicolumn{6}{c}{COMPREHENSIVE NOTES}                                    \ 
Man                            & Substance & Material & Living           &     Sentient & Rational & Man \ 
Animal                         & Substance & Material & Living           &     Sentient & Brutes   & Man \ 
Organism                       & Substance & Material & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \ 
Body                           & Substance & Material & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \ 
Substance                      & Substance & Spirit   & Inanimate Bodies &     Plants   & Brutes   & Man \ 
                               & \multicolumn{6}{c}{EXTENSIVE SUBJECTS}                                  \ 
\CodeAfter
  \tikz \draw (2-|7) -- (7-|3) ;
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Table with a diagonal line that crosses cells

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