An image side by side in latex

Question

I would like to have two figures side by side in my document. I found an example on here with the following code

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{minipage}{.5\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.4\linewidth]{image}
\captionof{figure}{A figure}
\label{fig: test1}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}{.5\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.4\linewidth]{image}
\captionof{figure}{Another figure}
\label{fig: test2}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}

However when I try to compile it it comes up with the following errors:

template.tex error line 195 Argument of \caption@ydblarg has an extra } \end{figure}

template.tex error line 195 Paragraph ended before \caption @ydblarg was complete \end{figure}

How can I fix this to make it work?

Please edit your question so that it includes a complete example that reproduces the problem. I can't see anything wrong in the fragment you have posted. — Ian Thompson, Apr 18 '14 at 16:45
That suggests you have a missing { in the caption argument the fragment you posted looks OK but it isnt the code that made that error. Please always post complete small documents that reproduce the problem. — David Carlisle, Apr 18 '14 at 16:46
I think we've had this question quite a few times before, e.g: LaTeX figures side by side, Two figures side by side — cmhughes, Apr 18 '14 at 16:55

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '14 at 17:01

try to use subfigure instead of minipage.

How about this code :

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\begin{figure}
        \centering
        \begin{subfigure}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
                \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{pic1}
        \end{subfigure}
        \begin{subfigure}[b]{0.5\textwidth}
                \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{pic2}
        \end{subfigure}
        \caption{two pictures side by side}
\end{figure}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '14 at 16:51

This compiles fine for me:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\begin{minipage}{.5\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.4\linewidth]{image}
\captionof{figure}{A figure}
\label{fig: test1}
\end{minipage}%
\begin{minipage}{.5\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=.4\linewidth]{image}
\captionof{figure}{Another figure}
\label{fig: test2}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

0

You can try my answer and the examples provided here:

side by side minipage figures

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Jul 24 '14 at 20:07

Alisa

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An image side by side in latex

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