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width and alignment of Latex table columns

4 messages · n.vialma at libero.it, Ista Zahn, Duncan Mackay +1 more

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n.vialma at libero.it
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Dear all,
I'm using xtable package in order to produce Latex table. There is a way to 
specify not only the alignment but also the width of table colums??
Thanks for your attention.
Ista Zahn
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Hi,

You can set the width of the columns the same way you would in any other LaTeX 
table, e.g., by setting align to p{width}. 
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/latex/ltx-68.html has a good summary of LaTeX 
tables that you may find helpful.

Best,
Ista
On Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:08:32 AM n.vialma at libero.it wrote:
Duncan Mackay
# 
Hi

Here is an example with something at hand if you use Sweave.
Using Sweave you can embed the R in a chunk and properly format the 
headers and sometimes the table.

the D{.}{.}{4.0} requires the use of \usepackage{dcolumn}

\begin{table}[h]
\caption[DNO and \rdate]%
{DNO and \rdate with row totals}%
\label{tab:CW2}%
\centering
\begin{tabular}{p{1.0in} *{7}{D{.}{.}{4.0}}  }
\toprule
\addlinespace[3pt]
% Header
\multicolumn{1}{Measurement} \\
\addlinespace[3pt]
\midrule
\addlinespace[5pt]
%Table2
<<Table2, keep.source=FALSE, results=tex, echo=FALSE>>=

   xx <- addmargins(xx,2)

   print(
   xtable(xx,
          digits = rep(0,8)
          ),
          type    = "latex",
          floating = FALSE,
          tabular.environment = "tabular",
          include.rownames = TRUE,
          include.colnames = FALSE,
          only.contents = TRUE,
          hline.after = NULL
   ) ## xtable

@ % Table2 end
\addlinespace[5pt]
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Regards

Duncan

Duncan Mackay
Department of Agronomy and Soil Science
University of New England
ARMIDALE NSW 2351
Email: home mackay at northnet.com.au
At 22:07 9/02/2012, you wrote: