Making advanced tables

Question

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I am trying to generate tables like the one above I found in a textbook in LaTeX.

In particular I am trying to find a way to make that $\$ slash symbol in the left upper corner. It would also be great if there was a way to make the words read from the side. But i do not want to read 180 degrees.

I don't understand the part "a way to make the words read from the side". Could you please elaborate on that? — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 25 '13 at 02:05
@GonzaloMedina, You know how to hav to tilt your head 180 degrees to read Actual Temperature? I want to rotate the two words by 180 degrees — Lemon, Apr 25 '13 at 02:16
Also see Diagonally divided table cell, Combined header cell in a table, and How to diagonally divide a table cell … properly?. Please make sure to search the existing questions thoroughly before posting a question! — doncherry, Apr 25 '13 at 04:29

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 03 '17 at 16:33

One possibility using TikZ:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}

\tikzset{ 
table/.style={
  matrix of nodes,
  row sep=-\pgflinewidth,
  column sep=-\pgflinewidth,
  nodes={rectangle,draw=black,text width=3em,align=center},
  text depth=1.25ex,
  text height=2.5ex,
  nodes in empty cells
},
row 1/.style={nodes={fill=green!10}},
column 1/.style={nodes={fill=green!10}}
}

\begin{tikzpicture}

\matrix (mat) [table]
{
& 20  & 30 & 40 & 50 & 60 & 70 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
};
\draw (mat-1-1.north west) -- (mat-1-1.south east);
\node at ([xshift=-7pt,yshift=-4.5pt]mat-1-1) {$T$};
\node at ([xshift=7pt,yshift=4.5pt]mat-1-1) {$h$};
\node[rotate=90,anchor=south,font=\bfseries] at (mat.west) {Actual temperature ($^{\circ}$F)};
\node[anchor=south,font=\bfseries] at (mat.north) {Relative humidity (\%)};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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Or, with the text "Actual temperature (F)", placed horizontally:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}

\tikzset{ 
table/.style={
  matrix of nodes,
  row sep=-\pgflinewidth,
  column sep=-\pgflinewidth,
  nodes={rectangle,draw=black,text width=3em,align=center},
  text depth=1.25ex,
  text height=2.5ex,
  nodes in empty cells
},
row 1/.style={nodes={fill=green!10}},
column 1/.style={nodes={fill=green!10}}
}

\begin{tikzpicture}

\matrix (mat) [table]
{
& 20  & 30 & 40 & 50 & 60 & 70 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
};
\draw (mat-1-1.north west) -- (mat-1-1.south east);
\node at ([xshift=-7pt,yshift=-4.5pt]mat-1-1) {$T$};
\node at ([xshift=7pt,yshift=4.5pt]mat-1-1) {$h$};
\node[anchor=east,font=\bfseries,align=center] at (mat.west) {Actual \\ temperature \\ ($^{\circ}$F)};
\node[anchor=south,font=\bfseries] at (mat.north) {Relative humidity (\%)};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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And here's a possibility using slashbox (personally, I find the results produced by slashbox to be of poor quality):

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}
\usepackage{slashbox}

\begin{document}

\noindent\parbox{2.2cm}{\bfseries\centering Actual \\ temperature \\ ($^{\circ}$F)}
{
\renewcommand\arraystretch{2}
\begin{tabular}{|>{\columncolor{green!10}}c*{6}{|c}|}
\multicolumn{7}{c}{\bfseries Relative hunidity (\%)} \\
\hline
\rowcolor{green!10}\backslashbox{$T$}{$h$} & 20  & 30 & 40 & 50 & 60 & 70 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}

\end{document}

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If you want to center the table, you can use a table environment (if you want to treat the object as a floating object), or a minipage (if no flotation is desired), and \centering:

\begin{table}
\centering
\parbox{2.2cm}{\bfseries\centering Actual \\ temperature \\ ($^{\circ}$F)}
{
\renewcommand\arraystretch{2}
\begin{tabular}{|>{\columncolor{green!10}}c*{6}{|c}|}
\multicolumn{7}{c}{\bfseries Relative hunidity (\%)} \\
\hline
\rowcolor{green!10}\backslashbox{$T$}{$h$} & 20  & 30 & 40 & 50 & 60 & 70 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{table}

\noindent\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\centering
\parbox{2.2cm}{\bfseries\centering Actual \\ temperature \\ ($^{\circ}$F)}
{
\renewcommand\arraystretch{2}
\begin{tabular}{|>{\columncolor{green!10}}c*{6}{|c}|}
\multicolumn{7}{c}{\bfseries Relative hunidity (\%)} \\
\hline
\rowcolor{green!10}\backslashbox{$T$}{$h$} & 20  & 30 & 40 & 50 & 60 & 70 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
80 & 78 & 79 & 80 & 81 & 82 & 83 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
}
\end{minipage}

@jak TikZ is part of every major LaTeX distribution; in particular, TikZ is available in an updated MacTeX installation. — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 25 '13 at 02:23
I am not very familiar with Tikz, but I changed the rotation to 180 and my text gets overlapped. How do I fix this — Lemon, Apr 25 '13 at 02:33
@jak How exactly do you want the text to appear? Did you see the second code of my answer? — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 25 '13 at 02:41
Yes I saw your second code. You mirroed the words. I want to be able to see the words horizontally — Lemon, Apr 25 '13 at 02:42
@jak please see my updated answer. Is it something like that what you want? — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 25 '13 at 02:46
Yes, but is it possible to do this with slash box? Because then I can start centring my table and do stuff with the TeX code that I am familiar with — Lemon, Apr 25 '13 at 03:15
@jak yes, it's possible; in some minutes I might add an answer using slashbox. — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 25 '13 at 03:26
Hmmm thank you. I noticed that the text formatting prevents it from being centred. That is, I cannot centre the table without ruining the text. — Lemon, Apr 25 '13 at 04:11
@jak of course you can; are you going to use a table environment? — Gonzalo Medina, Apr 25 '13 at 04:22

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