Adjusting Table in Latex tabularx environment

Question

I am having difficult time with adjusting the following table. I have the code as follows:

\documentclass[dissertation,letterpaper,12pt]{utthesis}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackages{multirow}
\begin{document}

\begin{table*}[hb]
  \centering
  \footnotesize
  \caption{Parameter settings and results for different scenarios. \label[tab]{results}}
  \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{c@{\extracolsep{\fill}}lcccccccccccc}
  \hline
\multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Part\\ Type \#\end{tabular}} & \multicolumn{12}{c}{$\mu_j=U(91,876)$}\\ \cline{2-13}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.01,0.1)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.09,0.1)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.1,0.5)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.5,0.9)$} \\ \cline{2-13}
& \multicolumn{12}{c}{Planning Horizon (Years)}\\ \cline{2-13}
& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30\\ \hline
1& I& I& A& I& A& I& A& I& A& A& I& A\\
2& I& I& A& I& I& A& I& I& A& A& A& A\\
3& I& I& I& I& A& A& A& A& I& I& I& I\\
4& I& I& I& I& A& A& I& A& I& I& A& I\\
5& I& P& P& I& I& P& A& I& P& P& P& A\\
6& I& A& A& I& I& A& A& I& A& I& A& I\\ \hline     
\end{tabularx}
\end{table*}

\end{document}

I am using the tabularx environment because it easily allows placing the textwidth. However, it does not always nicely fill it. For example, the above code produces something like:

I have two problems in this result. The first one is I want equal cell width for each 10,20,30 columns. The second one is cline does not fill the whole text (not equal to \textwidth). Any quick solutions?

Please also clarify what \label[tab]{results}is supposed to do. — leandriis, Oct 07 '19 at 21:27
You're using tabularx but you have no X columns in your table. What do you expect it to do? — Alan Munn, Oct 07 '19 at 21:30
@AlanMunn - I suspecdt the OP is actually using a tabular* rather than a tabularx environment. — Mico, Oct 07 '19 at 21:32
The column widths in your table appear to be disproportionate because the \multicolumn entries are longer than the combined widths of the three corresponding columns. For more information see here: Table column widths disproportionate due to multicolumn cell being too long. Probably you could introduce linebreaks in the column headers to circumvent this problem. I'd also recommend that you take a look at the horizontal lines from the booktabs package. — leandriis, Oct 07 '19 at 21:32
@leandriis utthesis.cls comes from here. \label[tab]{results} just defines label for cleveref. — tcokyasar, Oct 07 '19 at 21:36
@user8028576 - In that case, @{\extracolsep{\fill}} doesn't belong in the picture at all. You should be using suitably modified versions of the X column type instead. — Mico, Oct 07 '19 at 21:40

Sveinung · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-08T08:09:23.417

NB! I Corrected the \label[tab]{results}, which is wrong syntax unless your thesis-package redefines the label-command. However, I really recommend you to have a look at cleveref.

Use tabular X-column since you are using tabularx. In addition, I used a fixed width column as first column using array’s w-column (require an updated version of array). Also, use booktabs rules instead of hline and cline to have better spacing between the rows. If you prefer more space between row 2 and row 3, use \addlinespace from booktabs:

Example 1

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx, booktabs, array, caption}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}

\begin{table*}
  \centering
  \footnotesize
  \caption{Parameter settings and results for different scenarios.
  \label{tab:results}}  %%%%  <------- Corrected
  \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}>{\raggedright}wl{1.5cm}*{12}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}@{}}
  \toprule
\multirow{5}{*}{\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Part\\ Type \#\end{tabular}} & \multicolumn{12}{c}{$\mu_j=U(91,876)$}\\ \cmidrule{2-13}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.01,0.1)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.09,0.1)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.1,0.5)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.5,0.9)$} \\ \cmidrule{2-13}
& \multicolumn{12}{c}{Planning Horizon (Years)}\\ \cmidrule{2-13}
& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30\\ \midrule
1& I& I& A& I& A& I& A& I& A& A& I& A\\
2& I& I& A& I& I& A& I& I& A& A& A& A\\
3& I& I& I& I& A& A& A& A& I& I& I& I\\
4& I& I& I& I& A& A& I& A& I& I& A& I\\
5& I& P& P& I& I& P& A& I& P& P& P& A\\
6& I& A& A& I& I& A& A& I& A& I& A& I\\ \bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table*}

\end{document}

Example 2

This is with split cmidrule and !{\hspace*{0.25em}} to increase space between column 4 and 5, 7 and 8 and 10 and 11 to group columns. In addition, I used \addlinespace to increase space between row 2 and 3.

It is the (l) statement in \cmidrule(l){2-4} that split the rule. Just remove the parenthesis and their content to have a solid rule.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{tabularx, booktabs, array, caption}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}


\begin{table*}
  \centering
  \footnotesize
  \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.4em}
  \caption{Parameter settings and results for different scenarios.
  \label{tab:results}}  %%%%  <------- Corrected
  \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}>{\raggedright}
                             wl{1.5cm}*{3}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
                             !{\hspace*{0.25em}}*{3}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
                             !{\hspace*{0.25em}}*{3}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
                             !{\hspace*{0.25em}}*{3}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
                             @{}
            }
\toprule
\multirow{6}{*}{\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Part\\ Type \#\end{tabular}}
& \multicolumn{12}{c}{$\mu_j=U(91,876)$}\\
\cmidrule(l){2-13}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.01,0.1)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.09,0.1)$}
& \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.1,0.5)$} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.5,0.9)$} \\ 
\cmidrule(lr{\tabcolsep}){2-4}\cmidrule(lr{\tabcolsep}){5-7}
\cmidrule(lr{\tabcolsep}){8-10}\cmidrule(l){11-13}
\addlinespace[3pt]
& \multicolumn{12}{c}{Planning Horizon (Years)}\\ \cmidrule(l){2-13}
& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30& 10& 20& 30\\ \midrule
1& I& I& A& I& A& I& A& I& A& A& I& A\\
2& I& I& A& I& I& A& I& I& A& A& A& A\\
3& I& I& I& I& A& A& A& A& I& I& I& I\\
4& I& I& I& I& A& A& I& A& I& I& A& I\\
5& I& P& P& I& I& P& A& I& P& P& P& A\\
6& I& A& A& I& I& A& A& I& A& I& A& I\\ \bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
\end{table*}

\end{document}

At least of second \cmidrule{2-13} I would rather use \cmidrule(l){2-4}\cmidrule(l){5-7}\cmidrule(l){8-10}\cmidrule(l){11-13} — Zarko, Oct 07 '19 at 21:54
@Zarko I agree. I would also consider grouping the twelve rows with addition space between the rows 4 and 5, and 8 and 9. But OP said equal width. — Sveinung, Oct 07 '19 at 21:58
Wow, this looks much better! Now, I have to understand this all to be able to reapply. Thanks! — tcokyasar, Oct 07 '19 at 22:03
@Zarko, \cmidrule(l){2-4}\cmidrule(l){5-7}\cmidrule(l){8-10}\cmidrule(l){11-13} separate the lines which is not really what I want. Does it do anything other than separating the lines? — tcokyasar, Oct 07 '19 at 22:09

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '19 at 01:19

How to organize table is quite opinion base. Some ones might liked the following (based on Sveinung and my comment above):

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{booktabs, makecell, multirow, tabularx}
\usepackage[skip=1ex]{caption}

\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[hb]
\centering
  \small
\caption{Results at $\mu_j=U(91,876)$ and different scenarios for $\lambda_j$.} 
\label{tab:results}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{@{}
                                  c *{3}{*{3}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}c} 
                                    *{3}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}
                             @{}}
    \toprule
    \addlinespace
    & \multicolumn{15}{c}{Planning Horizon (Years)}                 \\
\multirow{2}{*}{\makecell{Part\\ Type \#}}
    & 10& 20& 30    && 10& 20& 30   && 10& 20& 30   && 10& 20& 30   \\ 
    & \multicolumn{3}{>{\footnotesize}c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.01,0.1)$}
        && \multicolumn{3}{>{\footnotesize}c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.09,0.1)$}
            && \multicolumn{3}{>{\footnotesize}c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.1,0.5)$}
                && \multicolumn{3}{>{\footnotesize}c}{$\lambda_j=U(0.5,0.9)$}   \\
    \cmidrule(r){1-1}\cmidrule{2-4}\cmidrule{6-8}\cmidrule{10-12}\cmidrule{14-16}
1   & I & I & A     && I & A & I    && A & I & A    && A & I & A    \\
2   & I & I & A     && I & I & A    && I & I & A    && A & A & A    \\
3   & I & I & I     && I & A & A    && A & A & I    && I & I & I    \\
4   & I & I & I     && I & A & A    && I & A & I    && I & A & I    \\
5   & I & P & P     && I & I & P    && A & I & P    && P & P & A    \\
6   & I & A & A     && I & I & A    && A & I & A    && I & A & I    \\ 
    \bottomrule
\end{tabularx}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

Adjusting Table in Latex tabularx environment

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