How to use \multirow

Question

I can compile this table separately but when I want to compile the whole file, it gives me an error, which is fixed by removing \multirow.

\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}|}
\hline
A & B & C & D & \multicolumn{7}{|c|}{F}  \\ \hline
\multirow{ 2}{}{1} & 0 & 6 & 230 & 35 & 40 & 55 & 25 & 40 & 35 & \\
& 1 & 5 & 195 & 25 & 50 & 35 & 40 & 45 &  &  \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\label{table2}
\end{table}

score 222 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 05 '18 at 22:01

222

There are some errors in your code; you need to give a second argument to \multirow (an explicit value for the cell width or * to use the natural width of the contents); also, \label must always appear after \caption in floating environments:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}|}
\hline
A & B & C & D & \multicolumn{7}{|c|}{F}  \\ \hline
\multirow{ 2}{*}{1} & 0 & 6 & 230 & 35 & 40 & 55 & 25 & 40 & 35 & \\
& 1 & 5 & 195 & 25 & 50 & 35 & 40 & 45 &  &  \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{A test caption}
\label{table2}
\end{table}

\end{document}

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It is not clear why you are using p{...} columns if the cells are not containing paragraphs.

As a side note, I used \centering instead of the center environment to avoid adding extra vertical spacing (which in most cases is not desired).

You are not using all the columns you declared, but I guess that this was just for the example.

edited Oct 05 '18 at 22:01

Phelype Oleinik

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answered Sep 19 '12 at 22:40

Gonzalo Medina

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Source for multirow – Jost Aug 08 '14 at 13:34
11

Note the need for using \cline{2-10} if you want a horizontal line between rows 2 and 3. – Steven C. Howell Sep 28 '15 at 14:06
3

@Gonzalo Medina In the table environment in the example code, the '' character should be replaced by '\'. – Abhinav Jan 31 '17 at 04:17
2

Hello, can you help to explain: what is the meaning of * in \multirow{ 2}{*} ? – wonderich Jun 23 '20 at 23:08

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited May 20 '23 at 04:40

For information, here is how you can construct that table with {NiceTabular} of nicematrix.

In that environment, you merge cells both horizontally and vertically with the built-in command \Block and, with the key hvlines, all rules are drawn, excepted in those blocks.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{NiceTabular}{{4}{c}{7}{p{1cm}}}[hvlines]
A & B & C & D & \Block{1-*}{F}  \ 
\Block{2-1}{1} & 0 & 6 & 230 & 35 & 40 & 55 & 25 & 40 & 35 & \
& 1 & 5 & 195 & 25 & 50 & 35 & 40 & 45 &  &  \ 
\end{NiceTabular}
\caption{A test caption}
\label{table2}
\end{table}
\end{document}

I think it would be better if you disclose yourself as the maintainer of the package based on your profile https://ctan.org/author/pantigny. — Muhammad Yasirroni, May 20 '23 at 01:11

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 13 '21 at 12:10

An alternative solution with tabularray package:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tabularray}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tblr}{
  colspec={|c|c|c|c|p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}p{1cm}|},
  hline{1,2,4},
  cell{1}{5} = {c=7}{c}, % multicolumn
  cell{2}{1} = {r=2}{m}, % multirow
}
A & B & C & D   & F  &    &    &    &    &    & \
1 & 0 & 6 & 230 & 35 & 40 & 55 & 25 & 40 & 35 & \
  & 1 & 5 & 195 & 25 & 50 & 35 & 40 & 45 &    & \
\end{tblr}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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