How to create this table in Latex

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I am looking to making this table in Latex but am having trouble figuring out the code. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Sveinung · Answer 1 · 2019-06-23T10:12:13.287

Grid tabular

This type of ‘grid’ tabulars are straight forward to build with cals. However, in my opinion, it should have been build more in compliance with the booktabs-style:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{cals}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\let\nc=\nullcell                     % Shortcuts
\let\sc=\spancontent


\begin{document}

\small
\begin{calstable}[c]
% Defining columns relative to each other and relative to the margins
\colwidths{{\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            }
% The tabular fills the text area if sum of all columns is 6

% Set up the tabular
\makeatletter
\def\cals@framers@width{0.4pt}   % Outside frame rules, reduce if the rule is too heavy
\def\cals@framecs@width{0.4pt}
\def\cals@bodyrs@width{0.8pt}
\cals@setpadding{Ag}
\cals@setcellprevdepth{Al}
\def\cals@cs@width{0.4pt}             % Inside rules, reduce if the rule is too heavy
\def\cals@rs@width{0.4pt}
\def\cals@bgcolor{}

\def\gray{\ifx\cals@bgcolor\empty
    \def\cals@bgcolor{gray!50}
\else \def\cals@bgcolor{} \fi}

% R1H1
\thead{\bfseries
\brow
    \alignC\cell{Island}
    \alignC\cell{PV Potential\\(MW)}
    \alignC\cell{Wind Potential\\(MW)}
    \alignC\cell{Total Renewable Energy Potential by 2020\\(MW)}
    \alignC\cell{Total Peak Power Demand\\(MW)}
    \alignC\cell{Total Current Installed Capacity\\(MW)}
\erow
\mdseries
}
\tfoot{\lastrule\strut}   % In case the tabular is more than one page
%R2B1
\brow
    \alignC\cell{\vfil Malé \strut}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 7.61\rule{1em}{0pt}}  % Numeric column should be right aligned.
                                             %The invisible rule move the right aligned number more to the middle; nicer look
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 0\rule{2em}{0pt}}
    \nc{lrt}
    \nc{lrt}
    \nc{lrt}
\erow
%R3B2
\brow
    \alignC\cell{\vfil Hulhumalé and Hulhulé\strut}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 11.82\rule{1em}{0pt}}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 0\rule{2em}{0pt}}
    \nc{lr}
    \nc{lr}
    \nc{lr}
\erow
%R3B3
\brow
    \alignC\cell{\vfil Thilafushi\strut}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 4.09\rule{1em}{0pt}}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 20\rule{2em}{0pt}}
    \alignC\bfseries\nc{lrb}\sc{\vfil 43.52}
    \alignC\nc{lrb}\sc{\vfil 61.35}
    \alignC\nc{lrb}\sc{\vfil 87.68}\mdseries
\erow
\makeatletter
\end{calstable}\par
\end{document}

booktabs style tabulars

It is also easy to build booktabs styles tabulars in cals. However, it need a little bit more coding, because most changes has to be switch on and off on a cell or row basis. It is less demanding if you use two letter shortcuts. Some of the switches effect more than one cell in this case.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{cals}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\let\nc=\nullcell                                                  % Shortcuts
\let\sc=\spancontent

\begin{document}

\small
\begin{calstable}[c]
% Defining columns relative to each other and relative to the margins
\colwidths{{\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            {\dimexpr(\columnwidth)/6\relax}
            }
% The tabular fills the text area if sum of all columns is 6

% Set up the tabular
\makeatletter
\def\cals@framers@width{0.8pt}   % Top - and bottom rules
\def\cals@framecs@width{0pt}     % Remove outside verical rules 
\def\cals@bodyrs@width{0.6pt}    % Midrule(between heading and body)
\cals@setpadding{Ag}
\cals@setcellprevdepth{Al}
\def\cals@cs@width{0pt}          % Remove vertical rules
\def\cals@rs@width{0.4pt}        % "cmidrules"
\def\cals@bgcolor{}

\def\tb{\ifx\cals@borderT\relax     % Top border switch (off-on)
    \def\cals@borderT{0pt}
\else \let\cals@borderT\relax\fi}

\def\bb{\ifx\cals@borderB\relax     % Bottom border switch (off-on)
    \def\cals@borderB{0pt}
\else \let\cals@borderB\relax\fi}

\def\rb{\ifx\cals@borderR\relax     % Right border switch (off-on)
    \def\cals@borderR{0pt}
\else \let\cals@borderR\relax\fi}

\def\lp{\ifdim\cals@paddingL=0.0pt\relax    % Left padding switch (off-on)
    \cals@setpadding{Ag}
\else \setlength{\cals@paddingL}{0pt}\fi}

\def\rp{\ifdim\cals@paddingR=0.0pt\relax    % Left padding switch (off-on)
    \cals@setpadding{Ag}
\else \setlength{\cals@paddingR}{0pt}\fi}

% R1H1
\thead{\bfseries
\brow
    \lp\alignL\cell{Island}\lp
    \alignC\cell{PV Potential}
    \alignC\cell{Wind Potential}
    \alignR\cell{Total Renewable Energy Potential by 2020}
    \alignR\cell{Total\\Peak Power Demand}
    \rp\alignR\cell{Total Current Installed Capacity}\rp
\erow
\mdseries
}
\tfoot{\lastrule\strut}
%R2B1
\brow
    \lp\alignL\cell{\vfil Malé \strut}\lp
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 7.61\rule{1em}{0pt}}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 0\rule{2em}{0pt}}
    \nc{lrt}
    \nc{lrt}
    \rp\nc{lrt}\rp
\erow
%R3B2
\brow
    \lp\alignL\cell{\vfil\strut Hulhumalé and Hulhulé\strut}\lp
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 11.82\rule{1em}{0pt}}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 0\rule{2em}{0pt}}
    \nc{lr}
    \nc{lr}
    \rp\nc{lr}\rp
\erow
%R3B3
\brow
    \lp\alignL\cell{\vfil Thilafushi\strut}\lp
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 4.09\rule{1em}{0pt}}
    \alignR\cell{\vfil 20\rule{2em}{0pt}}
    \alignR\bfseries\nc{lrb}\sc{\vfil 43.52}
    \alignR\nc{lrb}\sc{\vfil 61.35}
    \rp\alignR\nc{lrb}\sc{\vfil 87.68}\mdseries\bb\rp
\erow
\brow
    \lp\nc{ltb}\lp
    \nc{tb}
    \nc{tb}
    \nc{tb}
    \nc{tb}
    \lp\rp\nc{rtb}\alignL\sc{\footnotesize NOTE. All figures in megawatt (MW)}\bb\rp\lp
\erow
\makeatletter
\end{calstable}\par

\end{document}

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:45

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While making tables in LaTeX is not the most easy task, there are several tools that help out greatly. The first one I'd recommend is the online tool; https://www.tablesgenerator.com/

The second recommendation is an excel add-on which allows you to select and export tables from excel to TeX-code, here is the link; https://ctan.org/pkg/excel2latex?lang=en

Using these tools it shouldn't be hard to create a table like that. Good luck!

answered Dec 20 '18 at 14:45

Marinus Leeuwerik

31

1

That's all true. An even more alternatives can be found at https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/49414/comprehensive-list-of-tools-that-simplify-the-generation-of-latex-tables ... – Stefan Pinnow Dec 20 '18 at 15:09

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 22 '19 at 09:59

Here are two more possibilities:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}

%%%%% For the first table %%%%%
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{tabularx} 
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\Centering}X}
\usepackage{multirow}

%%%%% For the second table %%%%%
\usepackage{booktabs} 


\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|*{6}{Y|}}
\hline
\textbf{Island} & \textbf{PV Potential (MW)} & \textbf{Wind Potential (MW)} & \textbf{Total Renewable Energy Potential by 2020 (MW)} & \textbf{Total Peak Power Demand (MW)} & \textbf{Total Current Installed Capacity (MW)} \\
\hline
Malé & 7.61 & 0 & \multirow{4}{*}{\textbf{43.52}} & \multirow{4}{*}{\textbf{61.35}}& \multirow{4}{*}{\textbf{87.68}}\\
\cline{1-3}
Hulhumalé and Hulhulé & 11.82 & 0 & & & \\
\cline{1-3}
Thilafushi &  4.09 & 20 & & & \\
\hline
\end{tabularx}

\bigskip

\begin{tabular}{lcccc}
\toprule
                        & Malé     & Hulhumalé       & Thilafushi     & Total \\
                        &          & and Hulhulé     &                &       \\
\midrule
PV Potential (MW)       & 7.61     & 11.82           & 4.09           &  --   \\
Wind Potential (MW)     & 0        & 0               & 20             &  --   \\
\midrule
\multicolumn{4}{l}{Total Renewable Energy Potential by 2020 (MW)}     & 43.52 \\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{Total Peak Power Demand (MW)}                      & 61.35 \\
\multicolumn{4}{l}{Total Current Installed Capacity (MW)}             & 87.68 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 22 '19 at 22:06

It is not clear what exactly you need reproduce (rules, columns or row alignments, columns widths, ...) or if the redesign of the content is allowed (suggestion: keep in main the KISS principle), so here you are two proposals with tabularx or tabulary, without changing the content, but of course, without jailed data:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array,booktabs,multirow,tabulary,tabularx,geometry}
\parskip4em\parindent0pt
\newcolumntype{Y}{>{\centering\arraybackslash}X}

\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\tabularxcolumn}[1]{m{#1}}
\extrarowheight3pt

\begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{YYYcYYY}
\toprule
Island\newline\newline\newline\newline & 
PV Potential (MW)\newline\newline\newline & 
Wind Potential (MW)\newline\newline & &
Total Renewable Energy Potential by 2020 (MW) &
Total Peak Power Demand (MW) \newline &
Total Current Installed Capacity (MW) \\\midrule
Malé  & 7.61  & 0 \\
Hulhumalé and Hulhulé  & 11.82 & 0 & 
\multirow[t]{3}{*}{ $\left.\rule[0em]{-20pt}{3em}\right\}$} &
43.52 & 61.35 & 87.68 \\
Thilafushi & 4.09  & 20  \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabularx}



\begin{tabulary}{\linewidth}{>{\centering}m{6em}CC@{}c@{}CCC}
\toprule
Island & 
PV \mbox{Potential} (MW) & 
Wind \mbox{Potential} (MW) & & 
Total Renewable Energy Potential \mbox{by 2020 (MW)} &
Total \mbox{Peak Power} \mbox{Demand (MW)} &
Total Current Installed Capacity (MW) \\
\midrule
Malé  & 7.61  & 0 \\
Hulhumalé and Hulhulé  & 
11.82 & 0  & 
\multirow[t]{3}{*}{ $\left.\rule{0pt}{3em}\right\}$} &
43.52 & 
61.35 & 
87.68 \\
Thilafushi & 4.09  & 20  \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabulary}

\end{document}

F. Pantigny · Answer 5 · 2021-07-17T10:56:41.637

Here is how do that table with {NiceTabular} of nicematrix.

With that environment, which is similar to {tabular} (of array), you merge cells both horizontally and vertically with the command \Block and the key hvlines draws all the rules, excepted in the blocks (created by \Block).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\usepackage{ragged2e} % for \Centering
\begin{document}
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5}
\begin{NiceTabular}{*{6}{>{\Centering}p{(\textwidth-12\tabcolsep-13\arrayrulewidth)/6}}}[hvlines]
\RowStyle{\bfseries} Island & PV \hbox{Potential} (MW) & Wind Potential (MW) & Total Renewable Energy Potential by 2020 (MW) & Total Peak Power Demand (MW) & Total Current Installed Capacity (MW) \
Malé & 7.61 & 0 & \RowStyle{\bfseries} \Block{3-1}{43.52} & \Block{3-1}{61.35}& \Block{3-1}{87.68}\
Hulhumalé and Hulhulé & 11.82 & 0 & & & \
Thilafushi &  4.09 & 20 & & & \
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{document}

You need several compilations (because nicematrix uses PGF/Tikz nodes under the hood).

How to create this table in Latex

5 Answers5

Grid tabular

booktabs style tabulars