Right-centered columns in LyX

Question

This is very near to my topic: How to align integers on the right, but still center them. However, I do not get it to work under LyX. This is the code I have:

\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}\caption{\textbf{\label{tab:uebersicht-alle-mspatienten}Untersuchungsergebnisse der soziodemographischen und neurologischen Parameter aller untersuchten MS-Patienten} }
\begin{tabular}{>{\raggedright}p{0.35\columnwidth}>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}}
\toprule 
 & \textbf{Anzahl (n)} & \textbf{Prozent} & \textbf{Mittelwert} & \textbf{SD}\tabularnewline
\midrule
\midrule 
\textbf{Patienten} & 180 &  &  & \tabularnewline
\midrule 
\textbf{Alter} (in Jahren) &  &  & 43,9 & 13,1\tabularnewline
\midrule 
\textbf{Geschlecht:}
- Weiblich
- Männlich & ~
125
55 & ~
69,4
30,6 &  & \tabularnewline
\midrule 
\textbf{Erkrankungsdauer der MS}
(in Jahren) &  &  & 12,3 & 8,8\tabularnewline
\midrule 
\textbf{Verlaufsform:}
- RRMS
- SCP
- PPMS
- CIS & ~
86
67
24
3 & ~
47,8
37,2
13,3
1,7  &  & \tabularnewline
\midrule 
\end{tabular}
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table}

It produces the following (correct) output:

However, if I change the first line to:

\begin{tabular}{>{\raggedright}p{0.35\columnwidth}S[table-format=3.0]>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}>{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}}

it gives the following (incorrect) output:

My version of siunitx is 2.2i (2011/06/15) from TeX Live 2011.

Answer 1

The elements contained within the column specification of a tabular environment should be considered similar to single-letter commands that may take parameters. For example, S[<key-value list>] denotes an S column with parameters set according to the (optional) <key-value list>. Wrapping this in braces

\begin{tabular}{...{S[table-format=3.0]}...}

confuses LaTeX. Removing the braces should fix your problem:

\begin{tabular}{...S[table-format=3.0]...}

Also remember to include the siunitx package, since it defines the S column type.

---

Here is a minimal example of your input producing the correct layout when using siunitx:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}% http://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx
\usepackage{booktabs}% http://ctan.org/pkg/booktabs
\usepackage{threeparttable}% http://ctan.org/pkg/threeparttable
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[H]
  \centering
  \begin{threeparttable}
    \caption{\textbf{\label{tab:uebersicht-alle-mspatienten}Untersuchungsergebnisse der soziodemographischen 
      und neurologischen Parameter aller untersuchten MS-Patienten}}
%    \begin{tabular}{>{\raggedright}p{0.35\columnwidth}
%        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}
%        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}
%        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}
%        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}}
    \begin{tabular}{>{\raggedright}p{0.35\columnwidth}
        S[table-format=3.0]
        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}
        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}
        >{\centering}p{0.1\columnwidth}}
      \toprule 
      & \textbf{Anzahl (n)} & \textbf{Prozent} & \textbf{Mittelwert} & \textbf{SD}\tabularnewline
      \midrule
      \midrule 
      \textbf{Patienten} & 180 &  &  & \tabularnewline
      \midrule 
      \textbf{Alter} (in Jahren) &  &  & 43,9 & 13,1\tabularnewline
      \midrule 
      \textbf{Geschlecht:} \tabularnewline
      - Weiblich & 125 & 69,4 & & \tabularnewline
      - M\"{a}nnlich & 55 & 30,6 &  & \tabularnewline
      \midrule
      \textbf{Erkrankungsdauer der MS}
      (in Jahren) &  &  & 12,3 & 8,8 \tabularnewline
      \midrule
      \textbf{Verlaufsform:} \tabularnewline
      - RRMS & 86 & 47,8 \tabularnewline
      - SCP & 67 & 37,2 \tabularnewline
      - PPMS & 24 & 13,3 \tabularnewline
      - CIS & 3 & 1,7 &  & \tabularnewline
      \midrule 
    \end{tabular}
  \end{threeparttable}
\end{table}
\end{document}

TeX constructs a table (tabular) on a row-by-row basis. It seems like your code (at least what is given in your code snippet) doesn't allow for this row-by-row construction. Specifically, as an example,

\textbf{Verlaufsform:}
- RRMS
- SCP
- PPMS
- CIS & ~
86
67
24
3 & ~
47,8
37,2
13,3
1,7  &  & \tabularnewline

needs to be modified to read

\textbf{Verlaufsform:} \tabularnewline
- RRMS & 86 & 47,8 \tabularnewline
- SCP & 67 & 37,2 \tabularnewline
- PPMS & 24 & 13,3 \tabularnewline
- CIS & 3 & 1,7 &  & \tabularnewline

otherwise all the entries that seems like it should be processed in the same column (underneath one another) will end up in the same column on a single row. TeX's output will not match your code layout as input - you need to explicitly say where the columns are separated (using &), just like you explicitly state where the row ends (using \\ or \tabularnewline).