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I have been trying to insert the table of dimensions of an antenna in a latex code. I used the code

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l | l | l | l | l}
Reference Number & BW (GhHz) & Antenna size (mm3) & Gain & Notched Bands (GHz) \\
\hline
[20] & 2.3-13.75  & 39*39*1 pt 6 & 1 pt 4-46 & 2 pt 25-3.75
5.08-5.9
7.06-7.95
 \\
[21] & 3.11-13.15 & 28*52*1.6 & 1.53-4.05 & 5.1-5.92 \\
[22] & 2.8-14 & 27*36*1.6 & N/A & 3.26-3.9
4.35-5.05
5.5-6.35
7.95-9.35
 \\
Current Work & 3.1 – 17 & 24*28*1.6 & 4.5-8 & 3.2-3.9
7.2-8.5

\end{tabular}
\caption{Comparison of the suggested antenna to antennas in previous litrature}
\end{table}
\end{document}

but the error:

\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{l | l | l | l | l}
Reference Number & BW (GhHz) & Antenna size (mm3) & Gain & Notched Bands (GHz) \\
\hline
[20] & 2.3-13.75  & 39*39*1 pt 6 & 1 pt 4-46 & 2 pt 25-3.75
5.08-5.9
7.06-7.95
 \\
[21] & 3.11-13.15 & 28*52*1.6 & 1.53-4.05 & 5.1-5.92 \\
[22] & 2.8-14 & 27*36*1.6 & N/A & 3.26-3.9
4.35-5.05
5.5-6.35
7.95-9.35
 \\
Current Work & 3.1 – 17 & 24*28*1.6 & 4.5-8 & 3.2-3.9
7.2-8.5

\end{tabular}
\caption{Comparison of the suggested antenna to antennas in previous litrature}
\end{table}
\end{document}

kept showing. How can I simply insert the dimension of an item in a table.

Roland
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Kawther Hamad
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    Welcome to TeX.SE and Happy New Year! You need to enclose [20], [21] and [22] in curly braces : {[20]}, {[21]} and {[22]}. – Zarko Jan 01 '23 at 07:00
  • The point being that a number in square brackets immediately after \hline is picked up as an optional argument, which has to be a dimension. Using braces as suggested by @Zarko will prevent this. – Ian Thompson Jan 01 '23 at 07:58
  • There is also $\[...\]$ and $\leftbracket ... \rightbracket$. – John Kormylo Jan 01 '23 at 18:14

1 Answers1

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See if the following MWE with your table is acceptable to you:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makecell}
\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tabular}[t]{l | l | l | l | >{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{9em}}
    \hline
\makecell{Reference\ Number}
        & \makecell{BW\(GHz)}
                        & \makecell{Antenna\ size (mm)}
                                    & \makecell{Gain\ (dB)}
                                                & \makecell{Notched\ Bands (GHz)}   \
    \hline
{[20]}  & 2.3-13.75     & 39391   & 4-46      & 25-3.75 5.08-5.9 7.06-7.95                \
{[21]}  & 3.11-13.15    & 28521.6 & 1.53-4.05 & 5.1-5.92                                  \
{[22]}  & 2.8-14        & 27361.6 & N/A       & 3.26-3.9 4.35-5.05 5.5-6.35 7.95-9.35     \
Current Work & 3.1–17   & 24281.6 & 4.5-8     & 3.2-3.9 7.2-8.5                           \
    \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Comparison of the suggested antenna to antennas in previous literature}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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Zarko
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