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I want to draw a table with 4 dimensions as shown in the picture below. The bold vertical and horizontal lines demarcate the compartments and each cell annotates a value in the 4 dimensional space.

I already have some knowledge in LaTeX but I have no idea with which approach I should start creating such a table (TikZ, tabular, matrix).

Thanks for any pointers.

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lschuetze
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    This is not a “Here's my problem. Solve it for me.” kind of site. Please add to your question a serious attempt from you. – José Carlos Santos Sep 07 '22 at 12:34
  • For the table itself, have a look at tabularray. I am not aware of any other package than TikZ to obtain those diagonal lines. – Celdor Sep 07 '22 at 13:35
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  • @Celdor This has come up on this site before, for example Q156162. Though, putting the cross behind the text while interrupting the lines … – Qrrbrbirlbel Sep 07 '22 at 13:56
  • @Qrrbrbirlbel It doesn't seem to be a trivial task. – Celdor Sep 07 '22 at 16:06

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I suggest using nicematrix.

Most of the elements of your matrix are here. I leave it to you to deal with font styles and the remaining cells.

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To make the cells with the cross behind the text I made a macro using TikZ to draw two lines with a white rectangular node in the middle. Since this happens with \CodeBefore, the cell contents are placed on top.

The graphicx package is used for \rotatebox.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tikz, nicematrix}
\usepackage{graphicx}


\newcommand{\xbox}[5][]{
    \draw[#1] ({#2}-|{#3}) --node[fill=white, minimum size=5mm]{} ({#4}-|{#5});
    \draw[#1] ({#4}-|{#3}) --node[fill=white, minimum size=5mm]{} ({#2}-|{#5});
}


\begin{document}


\begin{NiceTabular}{{2}{wc{.4cm}}{6}{wc{1cm}}}[corners, hvlines]
\CodeBefore
\cellcolor{gray!20}{4-3,4-5,6-5}
\cellcolor{gray!40}{3-4,3-6,5-6}
\cellcolor{gray!60}{4-4,4-6,6-6}
\tikz {
    \xbox[densely dashed, gray]{3}{3}{4}{4}
    \xbox[densely dashed]{3}{5}{4}{6}
    \xbox{5}{3}{7}{5}
}
\Body
 & & \Block{1-4}{Simultaneous sibling roles} & & & & & \
 & & \Block{1-2}{no} & & \Block{1-2}{yes} & & & \
\RowStyle[cell-space-limits=4mm]{}\Block{4-1}{\rotatebox{90}{Multiple Perspectives}} & \Block{2-1}{\rotate no} & A/a & B2/a & A/b & B2/b & X & \Block{4-1}{\rotatebox{-90}{\parbox{4cm}{\centering Dynamic Binding\ with highest priority for...}}} \
\RowStyle[cell-space-limits=4mm]{} & & B1/a & B3/a & B1/b & B3/b & X & \
\RowStyle[cell-space-limits=4mm]{} & \Block{2-1}{\rotate yes} & \Block{2-2}{!d)} & & A/c & B2/c & X & \
\RowStyle[cell-space-limits=4mm]{} & & & & B1/c & B3/c & X & \
 & & fixed & variable & fixed & variable & & \
 & & \Block{1-4}{Interface\visible through an object reference} & & & & & \
\end{NiceTabular}


\end{document}
Sandy G
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