Revtex4-2 tabular Table with alternating colors rows formatting issues

Question

Description of issue

I would like to make a table like the following in a LaTeX document that uses revtex4-2 as its document class:

However, the table that I generate with LaTeX has a bunch of white columns that are undesired:

Strangely, these white columns are not present when I use article as my document class:

LaTeX code:

\documentclass[aps, twocolumn]{revtex4-2}
% \documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\caption{}
\label{tab:my-table}
\begin{tabular}{ll|c|cc|c|c|ccc|c}
\rowcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} 
\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} &
  \cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} &
  \multicolumn{8}{c|}{\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF}Col3} &
  \cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} \
\rowcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} 
\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} &
  \cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} &
  AA &
  \multicolumn{2}{c}{\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF}BB} &
  CC &
  DD &
  \multicolumn{3}{c|}{\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF}EE} &
  \cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} \
\rowcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} 
\multirow{-3}{}{\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF}Col1} &
  \multirow{-3}{}{\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF}Col2} &
   &
  b.1 &
  b.2 &
   &
   &
  e.1 &
  e.2 &
  e.3 &
  \multirow{-3}{}{\cellcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF}Col4} \ \hline
dat1 & 111 & 0.00 & 1.00 & 1.00 &      & 1.00 &  & 1.00 &      & 111111.00  \
\rowcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} 
dat2 & 222 & 0.00 &      & 1.00 & 1.00 & 0.50 &  & 1.00 & 1.00 & 222222.00  \
dat3 & 333 & 0.00 &      &      &      &      &  &      &      & 333333.00  \
\rowcolor[HTML]{EFEFEF} 
dat4 & 444 & 0.00 &      &      &      &      &  &      &      & 4444444.00
\end{tabular}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 02 '21 at 02:46

As suggested in this StackExchange discussion, nicematrix does the job!

\documentclass[aps, twocolumn]{revtex4-2}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\usepackage{nicematrix}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[]
\centering
\begin{NiceTabular}{@{}ll|c|cc|c|c|ccc|c@{}}
\CodeBefore
    \rowcolor{gray!10}{1-3}
    \rowcolors{2}{gray!10}{white}
\Body
% \toprule
     &      & \Block{1-8}{Col3} &                 &          &      &      &                  &       &       &            \

     &      &                   & \Block{1-2}{BB} &          &      &      & \Block{1-3}{EE}  &       &       &            \

Col1 & Col1 & AA                & b.1  & b.2                 & CC   & DD   & e.1              & e.2   & e.3   & Col4       \

\midrule

dat1 & 111  & 0.00              & 1.00            & 1.00     &      & 1.00 &                  & 1.00  &       & 111111.00  \

dat2 & 222  & 0.00              &                 & 1.00     & 1.00 & 0.50 &                  & 1.00  & 1.00  & 222222.00  \

dat3 & 333  & 0.00              &                 &          &      &      &                  &       &       & 333333.00  \

dat4 & 444  & 0.00              &                 &          &      &      &                  &       &       & 444444.00  \

% \bottomrule
\end{NiceTabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Zarko · Answer 2 · 2021-07-02T07:34:31.910

Use of the new LaTeX 3 tabularray package also gives desired result already after one compilation. In MWE below is considered the package Version 2021K (2021-06-05):

\documentclass[aps, twocolumn]{revtex4-2}
\usepackage{multirow, tabularray}
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
    \caption{}
\label{tab:my-table}
\begin{tblr}{colspec  = {ll|c|cc|c|c|ccc|c},
             colsep=4pt,
             row{odd} = {bg=gray!30},
             row{2}   = {bg=gray!30},

             rowsep=1pt,
            }

\multirow{3}{}{Col1}
    &   \multirow{3}{}{Col2}
        & \multicolumn{8}{c}{Col3}                     & \multirow{3}{}{Col4} \
    &   & AA & \multicolumn{2}{c}{BB}   & CC  & DD  & \multicolumn{3}{c}{EE} & \
    &   &   & b.1 & b.2 &   &   & e.1   & e.2 & e.3 &                           \
    \hline
dat1 & 111 & 0.00 & 1.00 & 1.00 &      & 1.00 &     & 1.00 &      & 111111.00   \
dat2 & 222 & 0.00 &      & 1.00 & 1.00 & 0.50 &     & 1.00 & 1.00 & 222222.00   \
dat3 & 333 & 0.00 &      &      &      &      &     &      &      & 333333.00   \
%
dat4 & 444 & 0.00 &      &      &      &      &     &      &      & 4444444.00
\end{tblr}
\end{table*}
\end{document}

Revtex4-2 tabular Table with alternating colors rows formatting issues

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