Easy way of drawing 'All Borders' in tables?

Question

I'm currently drawing borders like so:

begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
 \hline
 a & b & c \\
 \hline
 d & e & f \\
 \hline
 g & i & j \\
 \hline
\end{tabular}

However, this requires a \hline between every row. Is there a concise, and preferable native, method of drawing all borders?

Welcome to TeX.SX! Please help us help you by making your code example compilable (a MWE). — TeXnician, Sep 04 '18 at 10:28
By native, I assume you mean still using tabular? If you are open to using a different table environment, you can use tabu with \everyrow{\hline}. — David Purton, Sep 04 '18 at 10:31
@TeXnician By compilable, do you mean to include the \documentclass, \begin{document} and \end{document} sections? — George Tian, Sep 04 '18 at 10:37
@DavidPurton I just realised that tabular can be quite limited, so yes, I am considering different environments. I'll have a look — George Tian, Sep 04 '18 at 10:41
@GeorgeTian Off-topic, but such a data-prison style for your tables might not be the best choice. Please have a look at http://betterposters.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-data-prison.html — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Sep 04 '18 at 11:29
@samcarter Thank you. I have realised this, and will be removing quite a few lines from my tables :) — George Tian, Sep 04 '18 at 11:36
@GeorgeTian https://www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/markusp/teaching/guides/guide-tables.pdf provides a short example how to produce nice looking tables in latex. — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Sep 04 '18 at 11:38
Does this answer your question? Automatically creating table with borders — user202729, Nov 06 '21 at 17:28

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 04 '18 at 10:44

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Since you say you are open to using a different table environment, try tabu. It has many options including \everyrow{}, which can be used to insert lines at every row.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabu}
\begin{document}
\everyrow{\hline}
\begin{tabu}{|c|c|c|}
  a & b & c \\
  d & e & f \\
  g & i & j \\
\end{tabu}
\end{document}

answered Sep 04 '18 at 10:44

David Purton

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A slightly off-topic question. I have read that tabu has some bugs which will not be fixed until the next version. On ctan, the latest version appears to be from 2011, which indicates to be that the 'next version' is not out yet. Will any updates affect my work in the next year or so? – George Tian Sep 04 '18 at 11:43
@GeorgeTian, yes I gather that tabu has some issues, and not everyone is a fan. I use it often though and don't have problems. I think it's more or less abandoned by its developer, so I wouldn't hold my breath for updates. – David Purton Sep 04 '18 at 11:54

Easy way of drawing 'All Borders' in tables?

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