\usepackage{booktabs} giving an error

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} % full-width
    \topskip        =   20pt
    \parskip        =   10pt
    \parindent      =   0 pt
    \baselineskip   =   15pt
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{amssymb, amsfonts, amsmath}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{setspace}  % line spacing
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{rotating}  % for sidewaystable

\usepackage{threeparttable}    
\usepackage{dcolumn}    % aligning decimals
    \newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}

\let\estinput=\input % define a new input command so that we can still flatten the document

\newcommand{\estauto}[3]{
        \vspace{.75ex}{
            %\textsymbols% Note the added command here
            \begin{tabular}{l*{#2}{#3}}
            \toprule
            \estinput{#1}
            \bottomrule
            \addlinespace[.75ex]
            \end{tabular}
            }
        }

\newcommand{\sym}[1]{\rlap{#1}}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{tabulary}

\title{Project Name}
\author{X Y Z}
\date{September 2021}

\begin{document}
\maketitle


\section*{Summary Statistics (Tables)}
\subsection*{Consent}
\begin{table}[!htbp]
    \centering
    \caption{caption}
    \label{tab:meetattend}
    \estauto{xyz.tex}{8}{c}\\
    \small{\textit{Notes:}}
\end{table}
\end{document}

I apologise for my earlier post. I am very new to the forum and latex and posting for the first time. I have a file named xyz.tex in the project which looks like this:

            &\multicolumn{8}{c}{var name}                                                               \\
            &           N&        Mean&          SD&         Min&     10th p.&      Median&     90th p.&         Max\\
\midrule
x     &         a&       b&       c&           0&           1&           1&           1&           1\\
y &         120&       0.825&       0.382&           0&           0&           1&           1&           1\\
z     &         243&       0.778&       0.417&           0&           0&           1&           1&           1\\

I get an error while compiling the pdf on overlead but when I remove \usepackage{booktabs}, the pdf is rendered but the table has no lines etc. I am not sure how to paste the error. I am not sure why that is happening. Any help is appreciated.

Welcome to TeX.SE. Please provide a full MWE including an example table so we know what the problem is. — Roland, May 09 '22 at 22:56
Welcome to TeX.SE. If I put that into Overleaf along with a document class and a basic document, I don't get an error. — Teepeemm, May 09 '22 at 22:57
It might be a conflict with your document class, so we need to know what that is. Always post a complete, compiliable-as-is document that is as minimal as possible to produce the error in question. — frabjous, May 09 '22 at 23:01
you need to show the exact error copied from the log file, no one can debug a vague "compilation error" if you do not say what the error is and do not provide an example that makes the error. — David Carlisle, May 09 '22 at 23:09
I think the issue comes from using \input inside the table with \bottomrule following right after it. It's the same problem in this question here. Try the code suggested by the accepted answer and see if it fixes it. — frabjous, May 10 '22 at 00:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 10 '22 at 01:36

Try

\RequirePackage{filecontents}
    \begin{filecontents}{xyz.txt}
    & \multicolumn{8}{c}{var name} \\
    \cmidrule(l){2-9}
    & N     & Mean  & SD    & Min   & 10th p.   & Median & 90th p.  & Max   \\
    \midrule
x   & a     & b     & c     & 0     & 1         & 1      & 1        & 1     \\
y   & 120   & 0.825 & 0.382 & 0     & 0         & 1      & 1        & 1     \\
z   & 243   & 0.778 & 0.417 & 0     & 0         & 1      & 1        & 1     
    \end{filecontents}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} 
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{amsmath, amssymb}
\usepackage{bm}
\usepackage{setspace}  % line spacing
\onehalfspacing
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{rotating}  % for sidewaystable
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{dcolumn}    % aligning decimals
    \newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\let\estinput=\input % define a new input command so that we can still flatten the document
\newcommand{\estauto}[3]{
    \begin{tabular}{l*{#2}{#3}}
    \toprule
    \estinput{#1}  \
    \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
                        }
\newcommand{\sym}[1]{\rlap{#1}}
\usepackage{tabulary}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\title{Project Name}
\author{X Y Z}
\date{September 2021}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Summary Statistics (Tables)}
\subsection{Consent}
\begin{table}[!htbp]
    \centering
    \caption{caption}
    \label{tab:meetattend}
\estauto{xyz.txt}{8}{c}     \ % <--- added \
\small{\textit{Notes:}}

\end{table}
\end{document}

In comparison with your MWE are differences in:

how the table is set
how tale is inserted in document

Compilation result is:

\usepackage{booktabs} giving an error

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