Errors using \bottomrule when inserting table

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EDIT: Added preamble, and it seems \input table worked! When I manually insert the table, rather than input it, I do not get any errors, and it looks nice. However, when I use \input{table.tex}, I get a host of errors and the PDF won't compile - Misplaced \noalign, Missing } inserted, Missing } inserted, Misplaced \cr, Misplaced \cr. I don't have the problem for \toprule, and I do use the packages siunitx and booktabs.

Here is the code to generate the table:

\documentclass[11pt]{article}
%% links
\usepackage[colorlinks=true, allcolors=blue]{hyperref}
%% maths
\usepackage{amssymb, amsfonts, amsmath}
\usepackage{bm}
%% basic layout formatting

\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} % full-width
    \topskip        =   20pt
    \parskip        =   10pt
    \parindent      =   0 pt
    \baselineskip   =   15pt
\usepackage{setspace}            % line spacing
    \onehalfspacing
\usepackage{graphicx}\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{caption}            % to reset the headers of tables 
\usepackage{rotating}           % for sidewaystable
\usepackage{siunitx}
\numberwithin{table}{section}    % reset the Table numbering for each section
%% these three are essential for estout
\usepackage{booktabs}  % neatly formatting lines
\usepackage{threeparttable}

\usepackage{dcolumn}    % aligning decimals
    \newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}
%% bibliography
\usepackage{natbib}
    \bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\begin{document}
%%%% TABLE 1 %%%%
\begin{table}[!htbp]
\caption{Summary statistics} \label{tab:table1}
    \begin{tabular}{lrrrr}
        \toprule
            \input{table.tex}
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}
\end{document}

Here is my table.tex code:

                   &           N&        Mean&          SD\\
 \midrule
 w         &    1&        5&        9\\
 x         &    2&        6&        10\\
 y         &    3&        7&      11\\
 z         &    4&        8&      12\\

Welcome to TeX.SE ... Your code working fine for me, just a clarification, do you use "booktabs"? Also please provide MWE from \documentclass to \end{document} — MadyYuvi, Nov 01 '21 at 13:03
A complete example would have been nice, but is it possibly https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/567985/107497 ? — Teepeemm, Nov 01 '21 at 13:06
Changing \input{table.tex} to \input table seems to take care of the problem. — Mico, Nov 01 '21 at 13:17
@HerbSchulz just edited it, sorry about that! Mico's suggestion did the trick — Ashley.S, Nov 02 '21 at 00:21

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 01 '21 at 13:28

I can fully replicate the issue reported by the OP on a MacTeX2021 system, with all updates in place, using the code shown below.

Not sure why this works, but replacing \input{table.tex} with \input table takes care of the issue. (Note that .tex is the default filename extension for use with \input.)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[skip=0.333\baselineskip]{caption} % optional
\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{table.tex}
           &    N&     Mean&      SD\
 \midrule
 w         &    1&        5&       9\
 x         &    2&        6&      10\
 y         &    3&        7&      11\
 z         &    4&        8&      12\
\end{filecontents}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!htbp]
\caption{Summary statistics} \label{tab:table1}
\centering
    \begin{tabular}{lccc}
    \toprule
    \input table  % not: '\input{table.tex}'
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}
\end{document}

Errors using \bottomrule when inserting table

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