Column width and row height with pgfplotstable

Question

I'm looking for a way to change row height or width with pgfplotstables. Even in the pgfplotstables manual I cant find anything about this matter.

I found a topic about this here but the only answer was using \resizebox. I dont like this since it changes proportions of the font used with the cells.

I'm looking for a solution because every lines is very close one to another, therefore the table becomes not easly readable.

Just realized by using \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule instead of \hline for the row lines, I dont have the issues with the lines being very close one to another. But still if someone has a way to change column width and row height I'll be interested. — joseldsm, Oct 12 '18 at 12:09
The \arraystretch macro is used with tabular and array. See what \def\arraystretch{2} does to \pgfplotstabletypeset. You can also add struts (e.g. \rule{0pt}{1cm}). — John Kormylo, Oct 13 '18 at 14:07
@JohnKormylo \def\arraystretch{2} does work for the row height. Thank you ! — joseldsm, Oct 15 '18 at 07:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '18 at 09:28

Since there is no answer to this topic, I'll answer with what I came up with.

For the row height : The solution of @JohnKormylo works perfectly for what I need : \def\arraystretch{size}, "size" being the integer parameter.

For the column width : I use the same solution I used for the basics tabular and it works great :

\usepackage{array,multirow,makecell}
\newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{\raggedleft\arraybackslash }b{#1}}
\newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{\raggedright\arraybackslash }b{#1}}
\newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash }b{#1}}
%[...]
columns/myColumnName/.style={column type=|C{1.4cm}|},

Hope it will help some beginners like me.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '18 at 06:09

I was confused about this as well. The simplest way I can think of to do this is to use the \vphantom command within the table. Here are two tables -- one without the \vphantom and one with the \vphantom:

Without \vphantom

\begin{table}[htpb]
\centering
\pgfplotstabletypeset[
    col sep=&,
    row sep=\\,
    string type,
    columns = {x, N-x, pq, binom,prob},
    columns/x/.style={column name={\boldmath{$x$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={@{}M{.05\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep}}} ,
    columns/N-x/.style={column name={\boldmath{$N-x$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.1\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep} }} ,
    columns/pq/.style={column name={\boldmath{$p^{x}\ q^{N - x}$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.3\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep} }} ,
    columns/binom/.style={column name={\boldmath{$\dfrac{N!}{x! (N - x)!}$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.3\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep}@{} }} ,
    columns/prob/.style={column name={\boldmath{$P(x)$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.1\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep}@{} }} ,   
    every head row/.style=
        {before row=\toprule\toprule, after row=\midrule},
    every last row/.style=
        {after row=\bottomrule\bottomrule},
    ]
    {
x & N-x & pq & binom & prob \\
{}3 & 0 & $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^3\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^0 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{3! (0!)} = 1$ & $\dfrac{1}{8}$ \\
    \midrule
{}2 & 1 & $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^2\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^1 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{2! (1!)} = 3$ & $\dfrac{3}{8}$ \\
    \midrule
{}1 & 2 & $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^1\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^2 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{1! (2!)} = 3$ & $\dfrac{3}{8}$ \\
    \midrule
{}0 & 3 & $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^0\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^3 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{0! (3!)} = 1$ & $\dfrac{1}{8}$ \\
    }
\caption{}
\end{table}

..and the above produces:

With \vphantom to add more space between the rows:

    \begin{table}[htpb]
\centering
\pgfplotstabletypeset[
    col sep=&,
    row sep=\\,
    string type,
    columns = {x, N-x, pq, binom,prob},
    columns/x/.style={column name={\boldmath{$x$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={@{}M{.05\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep}}} ,
    columns/N-x/.style={column name={\boldmath{$N-x$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.1\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep} }} ,
    columns/pq/.style={column name={\boldmath{$p^{x}\ q^{N - x}$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.3\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep} }} ,
    columns/binom/.style={column name={\boldmath{$\dfrac{N!}{x! (N - x)!}$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.3\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep}@{} }} ,
    columns/prob/.style={column name={\boldmath{$P(x)$}\unboldmath},
                        column type={M{.1\dimexpr\textwidth-6\tabcolsep}@{} }} ,   
    every head row/.style=
        {before row=\toprule\toprule, after row=\midrule},
    every last row/.style=
        {after row=\bottomrule\bottomrule},
    ]
    {
x & N-x & pq & binom & prob \\
{}3 & 0 & $\Large \vphantom{\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)}$ $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^3\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^0 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{3! (0!)} = 1$ & $\dfrac{1}{8}$ \\
    \midrule
{}2 & 1 & $\Large \vphantom{\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)}$ $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^2\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^1 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{2! (1!)} = 3$ & $\dfrac{3}{8}$ \\
    \midrule
{}1 & 2 & $\Large \vphantom{\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)}$ $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^1\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^2 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{1! (2!)} = 3$ & $\dfrac{3}{8}$ \\
    \midrule
{}0 & 3 & $\Large \vphantom{\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)}$ $\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^0\left(\dfrac{1}{2}\right)^3 = \dfrac{1}{8}$ & $\dfrac{3!}{0! (3!)} = 1$ & $\dfrac{1}{8}$ \\
    }
\caption{}
\end{table}

and the above produces:

Column width and row height with pgfplotstable

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