Drawing a 3x2 rectangle

Question

I am trying to draw a 3x2 rectangle. I am not sure if multipart rectangle can do it, but it seems that multipart can only do one-dimensional arrays. I tried matrix, but then I cannot get the lines in between cells or around the rectangle. I need to put text in each cell. What I want to get is a rectangle with the following with the box around and horizontal and vertical lines in between cells:

Aid   Value
 1     R1
 2     R2

This needs to be inside a tikz environment. Here is what I have as a minimal code and it is fine except for the matrix part on the right:

\documentclass{scrartcl}        

\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,fit,positioning,arrows,matrix}


\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzstyle{bigbigbox} = [minimum width=3.5cm, draw, thick, rounded corners, rectangle]
\tikzstyle{bigbox} = [draw, thick, rounded corners, rectangle]
\tikzstyle{box} = [minimum width=2.7cm, rounded corners,rectangle, fill=blue!20]

 \node[align=center,draw,shape=rectangle split,
       rectangle split parts=3, text width=1.0cm,text centered] (A)
        {Value \nodepart{two}R1\nodepart{three}R2};

\node[rectangle, draw,right of=A,xshift=1cm,rotate=90] (A1) {map};
  \matrix (A2) [matrix of nodes,row sep=0em,column sep=0em, right of=A1,xshift=1cm]
  {
     Aid & Value \\
     1 & R1 \\
     2 & R2 \\};

 \node[align=center,shape=rectangle split,
       rectangle split parts=2, text width=2cm,text centered,above of=A,yshift=0.3cm] (A3)
        {Mapper 1 \nodepart{two}R};

\draw[-triangle 90, line width=1mm, blue!50,postaction={draw=blue!50, line width=3mm, shorten >=0.2cm, -}] (A.east) -- (A1.north);

\node[bigbox] [fit = (A3) (A2)] (box1){};

\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

If you are not planning to put varying sized things inside then you can just draw it. \draw[help lines,thin,black] (0,0) grid[step=1cm] (2cm,3cm); — percusse, Feb 17 '13 at 00:53
Sorry, I should have been more explicit. I need to put text in each cell. I am editing the original question to make this clear. — ozsu, Feb 17 '13 at 01:05
@ozsu In a node, you most certainly can. But for the example you ask for, you won’t even need TikZ. Can you provide a MWE? — Qrrbrbirlbel, Feb 17 '13 at 01:27
Unfortunately it needs to be inside a tikz environment because it is part of a picture. I have edited the original question to give a minimal example. — ozsu, Feb 17 '13 at 01:34
@ozsu While Gonzalo Medina posted the tabular solution that seems to cover your example, Horizontal row separation line in tikz matrix (like \hline in tabular) may be informative for others. Also, on the matter of \tikzstyle vs \tikzset, see Should \tikzset or \tikzstyle be used to define TikZ styles?. — Qrrbrbirlbel, Feb 17 '13 at 02:08

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 03 '17 at 15:55

One option is to use a tabular as the contents for a node:

\documentclass{scrartcl}        
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,fit,positioning,arrows,matrix}

\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\tikzset{
bigbigbox/.style = {minimum width=3.5cm, draw, thick, rounded corners, rectangle},
bigbox/.style = {draw, thick, rounded corners, rectangle},
box/.style = {minimum width=2.7cm, rounded corners,rectangle, fill=blue!20}
}

 \node[align=center,draw,shape=rectangle split,
       rectangle split parts=3, text width=1.0cm,text centered] (A)
        {Value \nodepart{two}R1\nodepart{three}R2};

\node[rectangle, draw,right of=A,xshift=1cm,rotate=90] (A1) {map};

\node[right of=A1,xshift=1cm] (A2)
{
\renewcommand\arraystretch{1.15}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
Aid & Value \\
\hline
1 & R1 \\
\hline
2 & R2 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
};

 \node[align=center,shape=rectangle split,
       rectangle split parts=2, text width=2cm,text centered,above of=A,yshift=0.3cm] (A3)
        {Mapper 1 \nodepart{two}R};

\draw[-triangle 90, line width=1mm, blue!50,postaction={draw=blue!50, line width=3mm, shorten >=0.2cm, -}] (A.east) -- (A1.north);

\node[bigbox] [fit = (A3) (A2)] (box1){};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

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I changed from the old syntax with \tikzstyle to \tikzset.

Drawing a 3x2 rectangle

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