How could I draw this table?

Question

I have been trying to recreate this table using multi row but have been having no luck.

Basically, column 'e' applies to both 'x' and 'y'; all others (a/b/c/d) have their own values.

Thank you]1

Answer 1

I guess this is pretty much what you want. It uses the \multirow command to spread the content over multiple rows.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c}
\hline
  & A & B & C & D & E \\ \hline
x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & \multirow{ 2}{*}{5} \\
y & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 &  \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{A test caption}
\label{table2}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Renders to:

Adapted from How to use \multirow.

Answer 2

I propose this semantically-oriented variant:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{ multirow, booktabs}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{*{6}{c}}
\toprule
  & A & B & C & D & E \\
  \midrule
x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & \multirow{ 2}{*}{$ \mathllap{\begin{rcases}\\[1ex]\end{rcases}\ }$5} \\
y & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\caption{A test caption}
\label{table2}
\end{table}

\end{document}