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I wish to type this table in REVTeX; however, the code below does not work for \documentclass{revtex4}. (It does work for the article document class, though.)

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\documentclass{revtex4}
\usepackage{array,mathtools,amssymb,booktabs}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{$}c<{$}}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tabular}{cCCC}
      \toprule
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & K & H\\\midrule
      A & a & 1& 4\\\cmidrule(lr){2-4}
      B & b & 2 & 5\\\cmidrule(lr){1-4}
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{C}& 3 & 6\\\bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{document}

The code is from the source of this page. Thanks to the generous cfr.

Mico
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wonderich
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2 Answers2

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Update This answer addresses a workaround for revtex4-1 which is not needed with current releases (revtex4-2)

booktabs sets the default widths in a font dependent way (em units) but it seems that revtex does not set up the font until \begin{document} so you need to delay setting the rule widths via the \AtBeginDocument directive shown below.

\documentclass{revtex4}
\usepackage{array,mathtools,amssymb,booktabs}
\newcolumntype{C}{>{$}c<{$}}

\AtBeginDocument{%
  \heavyrulewidth=.08em
  \lightrulewidth=.05em
  \cmidrulewidth=.03em
  \belowrulesep=.65ex
  \belowbottomsep=0pt
  \aboverulesep=.4ex
  \abovetopsep=0pt
  \cmidrulesep=\doublerulesep
  \cmidrulekern=.5em
  \defaultaddspace=.5em
}


\begin{document}
    \begin{tabular}{cCCC}
      \toprule
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{} & K & H\\midrule
      A & a & 1& 4\\cmidrule(lr){2-4}
      B & b & 2 & 5\\cmidrule(lr){1-4}
      \multicolumn{2}{c}{C}& 3 & 6\\bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{document}
David Carlisle
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  • Thank you. What is the purpose for this paragraph "\AtBeginDocument{...}" ? Where should I input this? – wonderich Jan 12 '15 at 01:20
  • To avoid the duplicated code, couldn't one just do \AtBeginDocument{\usepackage{booktabs}} (also removing booktabs from the \usepackage on line 2, of course)? – Paul Gessler Jan 12 '15 at 01:20
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    This is overwriting revtex4's own definition of commands such as \toprule. If this is for submission somewhere requiring the use of revtex4, I doubt this is a good idea at all. – cfr Jan 12 '15 at 01:22
  • @Idear as I say above, it sets the lengths later. You put it exactly as in the code above which if you run it should produce a table with rules – David Carlisle Jan 12 '15 at 01:35
  • @cfr not really revtex doesn't alter the definitions of the rules, it's just that booktabs sets the rules assuming the fonts are set up which is not the case here. standard latex rules are set in terms of pt units so do not have the problem. – David Carlisle Jan 12 '15 at 01:36
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    But it defines \toprule etc., right? So loading booktabs overwrites those definitions. – cfr Jan 12 '15 at 02:03
  • @cfr oh so it does, sorry: > \toprule=macro: ->\hline \hline . – David Carlisle Jan 12 '15 at 02:15
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    @DavidCarlisle After these comments, it's hard to figure out what's the right way to proceed and whether the definitions get overwritten... – Dr_Zaszuś Aug 02 '17 at 13:31
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This problem was already solved in RevTeX 4.2e (released October 5, 2020)

https://journals.aps.org/revtex

aohmusi
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    You are not wrong, but your answer mentions revtex4-2, but OP uses the deprecated revtex4 (so it doesn't really answer the original question). Nothing was changed in this area in RevTeX (and there are no plans to update RevTeX 4 and 4.1 in this regard in the future) – Phelype Oleinik Apr 08 '21 at 16:11