Table, new line and centering problem

Question

I want to create a table where in each column I need to write something in two (or more than) lines. I also want that in each cell all the entries will be aligned at the centre.

I tried one code as follows. It serves the "two or more line" condition. But I am unable to make the alignment at centre. Any help?

Code:

\begin{table}[h]
\centering \def\arraystretch{1.5} \small

\begin{tabular}{|p{3cm}|p{1cm}|p{1cm}|}

    \hline

    quantum electrodynamics &amp; hello \par left &amp; aligned \par efgh \\ \hline

    electromagnetism &amp; hello \par left &amp; aligned \par efgh \\ \hline

    classical physics &amp; hello \par world &amp; abcd \par efgh \\ \hline

\end{tabular}


\end{table}

The output is:

@jsbibra Thanks. Could you please refer to any link or anything that can help to create the table in your way? — mitranim, Apr 19 '21 at 04:53
welcome to the site -- please have alook at the answer below with the versatile nicematrix package -- verticals are normally not used in tables avoids the jailed look -- if you require go ahead -- booktabs package gives nice spaced horizontal rules -- the Y type column gives the centered text -- the 0.4 and 0.6 give the percentage of textwidth to be occupied - in case of difficulty please revert — js bibra, Apr 19 '21 at 04:58
The answers to How to create fixed width table columns with text raggedright/centered/raggedleft? might also be helpful. — leandriis, Apr 19 '21 at 05:00

js bibra · Answer 1 · 2021-04-19T05:01:07.637

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\documentclass[demo]{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\newcolumntype{Y}[1]{>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{#1\textwidth}}
\begin{document}
\begin{NiceTabular}{Y{0.4}Y{0.6}}
    \toprule[2pt]
    Vantagens & Desvantagens \ 
    \midrule 
    Rede mais simples & Difícil correcção e detecção de erros \ 
    \midrule
    Implementação mais barata & Uma quebra no cabo pode comprometer o acesso dos dispositivos à rede \ 
    \midrule
    Não são necessários equipamento complexos & Problemático ao adicionar e remover dispositivos da rede  \ 
    \bottomrule[2pt]
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{document}

In case only left aligned text is required use

   \begin{NiceTabular}{p{0.4\textwidth}p{0.6\textwidth}}

in place of the Y type column

Result

edited Apr 19 '21 at 05:01

answered Apr 19 '21 at 04:53

js bibra

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Thanks. It will help. – mitranim Apr 19 '21 at 04:55
For the record: The newly defined Y type column can also be used inside of a regular tabular, it doe not depend on the use of the nicematrix package. – leandriis Apr 19 '21 at 05:52
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The table currently exceeds the textwidth, you might want to fix that. – leandriis Apr 19 '21 at 05:52

Table, new line and centering problem

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