How to fit the table width to the page width (please not scale the table)

Question

Is there a way to get page-width tables by slightly revising the code below generated from Stargazer?

The table generated from the code is longer than the page-width. Is there a way to make the table automatically fit the page-width ? By automatically, I mean I don't need to manually set a specific value for the column separate width, or column width, or other width.


\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{dcolumn}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!htbp] \centering 
  \caption{Table for test} 
  \label{} 
\small 
\begin{tabular}{@{\extracolsep{5pt}}lD{.}{.}{-3} D{.}{.}{-3} D{.}{.}{-3} D{.}{.}{-3} D{.}{.}{-3} } 
\[-1.8ex]\hline 
\hline \[-1.8ex] 
\[-1.8ex] & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gap in 1M} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gap in 3M} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gap in 6M} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gap in 9M} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{Gap in 1Y} \ 
\[-1.8ex] & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(1)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(2)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(3)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(4)} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{(5)}\ 
\hline \[-1.8ex] 
 Level & -1.521^{*} & -1.414^{} & -1.186^{} & -1.027^{} & -1.348^{} \ 
  & (0.034) & (0.043) & (0.058) & (0.071) & (0.108) \ 
  & & & & & \ 
 Spread (10Y&amp;3M) & -0.711^{} & -0.614^{} & -0.405^{} & -0.203^{} & 0.635^{} \ 
  & (0.024) & (0.031) & (0.043) & (0.053) & (0.086) \ 
  & & & & & \ 
 Constant & 8.265^{} & 7.821^{} & 6.861^{} & 6.082^{} & 5.169^{**} \ 
  & (0.070) & (0.084) & (0.107) & (0.120) & (0.136) \ 
  & & & & & \ 
\hline \[-1.8ex] 
Observations & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2,230} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2,209} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2,168} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2,126} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2,001} \ 
R$^{2}$ & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.760} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.644} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.417} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.256} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.100} \ 
Adjusted R$^{2}$ & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.760} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.644} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.417} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.255} & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.099} \ 
\hline 
\hline \[-1.8ex] 
\end{tabular} 
\end{table}
\end{document}

I found the solutions, such as using \resizebox, but the scales of the table are changed, which is not favourable.

Is there a way to get a page-width table from the code with limited changes in the code, hopefully? Thanks.

Welcome! The question could be improved by adding one example of how such a table might look like. — mickep, Dec 21 '22 at 09:38
Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking. — Community, Dec 21 '22 at 09:51
If I guess you use dcolumn package to define D and guess a document size in which to fit the table, your example makes ! Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr. so no real output. Please provide an error free example that makes a table to be resized — David Carlisle, Dec 21 '22 at 12:14
oh did you intend Spread (10Y\&3M) with a literal & there? — David Carlisle, Dec 21 '22 at 12:29
I added the \& fix to your table but it easily fits, what do you want to change? Or are you on a smaller page? Please edit the example — David Carlisle, Dec 21 '22 at 12:33
Try \begin{tabular*}{\textwidth}{@{\extracolsep{80pt}}lD{.}{.}{-3} } .... \end{tabular*} — Simon Dispa, Dec 21 '22 at 16:46
Possible duplicate: My table doesn't fit; what are my options? — Werner, Dec 24 '22 at 02:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 21 '22 at 21:31

Without many changes? Sorry, no.

All those \\[-1.8ex] commands should be removed; double rules are evil; \extracolsep{5pt} does nothing at all.

The & that stands for a printed ampersand should be escaped.

I'd not widen such a table, because it becomes unreadable, unless you're typesetting in two-column format: see the output

Assuming two-column format, I present two realizations. The latter requires more changes, but the output is much more elegant, in my opinion.

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{dcolumn,booktabs,caption}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\newcommand{\foo}[1]{\makebox[0pt][l]{$^{#1}$}} % find a better name
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[!htbp]
\centering
\caption{A meaningful caption}\label{abcdef}
\begin{tabular}{\columnwidth}{
  @{\extracolsep{\fill}}
  l
  D{.}{.}{-3}
  @{}
}
\toprule
& \multicolumn{1}{c@{}}{Duration Gap in 0.5M} \
\midrule
Level            & -1.588^{} \
                 & (0.029) \
\addlinespace
Spread (10Y&amp;3M) & -0.747^{} \
                 & (0.021) \
\addlinespace
Constant         & 8.496^{*} \
                 & (0.060) \
\midrule
Observations     & \multicolumn{1}{c}{2,241} \
R$^{2}$          & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.820} \
Adjusted R$^{2}$ & \multicolumn{1}{c}{0.820} \
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\begin{table}[!htbp]
\centering
\sisetup{
  input-open-uncertainty={},
  input-close-uncertainty={},
  table-align-text-before=false,
}
\caption{A meaningful caption}\label{ghij}
\begin{tabular}{\columnwidth}{
  @{\extracolsep{\fill}}
  l
  S[table-format=(-1.3)]
  @{}
}
\toprule
& {Duration Gap in 0.5M} \
\midrule
Level            & -1.588\foo{} \
                 & (0.029) \
\addlinespace
Spread (10Y&amp;3M) & -0.747\foo{} \
                 & (0.021) \
\addlinespace
Constant         & 8.496\foo{*} \
                 & (0.060) \
\midrule
Observations     & {\hphantom{$-$}2,241} \
R$^{2}$          & {\hphantom{$-$}0.820} \
Adjusted R$^{2}$ & {\hphantom{$-$}0.820} \
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Thank you very much for your comments. – Qianlong Liu Dec 29 '22 at 05:53 — Qianlong Liu, Dec 29 '22 at 05:53

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '22 at 11:22

It seems that you will have define table specification manually.
According to use marker ^*** at some numbers, I assume, that to table will be added explanation about meaning of those markers. This means, that table be of three part tyle as are threeparttable and talltblr of tabularray package
For table I would use tabularray packages with its libraries booktabs and siunitx:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\UseTblrLibrary{booktabs, siunitx}
\NewTableCommand\TN[1]{\TblrNote{#1}}
\begin{document}
    \begin{table}[ht]
\sisetup{
    input-open-uncertainty,
    input-close-uncertainty,
    table-align-text-pre=false
        }
\begin{talltblr}[
                ]{cells   = {font=\small},
                  colsep  = 4pt,
                  colspec = { @{} l
                             {5}{X[c, si={table-format=-1.3{\TN{}}}]} @{}},
                  row{1}  = {guard},
                  row{2-X}= {rowsep=0pt},
                  row{odd[3-X]} = {belowsep=1ex}
                  }
    \toprule
    & {Gap in 1M\(1)}  & {Gap in 3M\(2)}  & {Gap in 6M\(3)}  & {Gap in 9M\(4)}  & {Gap in 1Y\(5)}  \
    \midrule
Level

    & -1.521\TN{}    & -1.414\TN{}    & -1.186\TN{}    & -1.027\TN{}    & -1.348\TN{}    \
    & (0.034)           & (0.043)           & (0.058)           & (0.071)           & (0.108)           \
Spread (10Y&amp;3M) 
    & -0.711\TN{}    & -0.614\TN{}    & -0.405\TN{}    & -0.203\TN{}    & 0.635\TN{}     \
    & (0.024)           & (0.031)           & (0.043)           & (0.053)           & (0.086)           \
Constant 
    & 8.265\TN{}       & 7.821\TN{}     & 6.861\TN{}     & 6.082\TN{}     & 5.169\TN{*}     \
    & (0.070)           & (0.084)           & (0.107)           & (0.120)           & (0.136)           \
    \midrule
Observations 
    & {2,230}           & {2,209}           & {2,168}           & {2,126}           & {2,001}           \
R$^{2}$ 
    & 0.760             & 0.644             & 0.417             & 0.256             & 0.100             \
Adjusted R$^{2}$ 
    & 0.760             & 0.644             & 0.417             & 0.255             & 0.099             \
    \bottomrule
\end{talltblr}
    \end{table}
\end{document}

How to fit the table width to the page width (please not scale the table)

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