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Sharon Kimble
Jan 28, 2016, 8:42:36 AM1/28/16
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How can I have a nested table in a longtable which will give me results
like this please -
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Gender / Hormone | Range
-----------------------------------------------------------
Estradiol - E2
-----------------------------------------------------------
Male | 0.5-1.5 pg/ml
-----------------------------------------------------------
| Pre-menopausal 1.0-5.0 pg/ml
Female | Post-menopausal 1.0-1.5 pg/ml
| ERT therapy 1.5-10.0 pg/ml
-----------------------------------------------------------
Another hormone back in the longtable
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
This is my MWE which does =not= work
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{| p{5.5cm} | p{3cm} |}
\hline
\textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
\hline
Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
\begin{tabular}{l|cc}
\hline
\multirow{3}{*}{\textbf{Female}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml} \\
& Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
& ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I have tried various things but none of them work, so how can I do it
please?
Thanks
Sharon.
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Peter Flynn
Jan 28, 2016, 6:21:19 PM1/28/16
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On 01/28/2016 01:42 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>
> How can I have a nested table in a longtable which will give me results
> like this please -
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Gender / Hormone | Range
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Estradiol - E2
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Male | 0.5-1.5 pg/ml
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> | Pre-menopausal 1.0-5.0 pg/ml
> Female | Post-menopausal 1.0-1.5 pg/ml
> | ERT therapy 1.5-10.0 pg/ml
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Another hormone back in the longtable
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This is my MWE which does =not= work
Like all the best MWEs. We ought to rename them MNWEs.
>
> How can I have a nested table in a longtable which will give me results
> like this please -
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Gender / Hormone | Range
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Estradiol - E2
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Male | 0.5-1.5 pg/ml
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> | Pre-menopausal 1.0-5.0 pg/ml
> Female | Post-menopausal 1.0-1.5 pg/ml
> | ERT therapy 1.5-10.0 pg/ml
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Another hormone back in the longtable
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This is my MWE which does =not= work
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{multirow}
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{longtable}{| p{5.5cm} | p{3cm} |}
> \hline
> \textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
> \hline
> \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
> \hline
> Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
5.5cm one. If you want it to span across both cells, it needs to go
inside a \multicolumn2l but that becomes ungainly to code.
> \begin{tabular}{l|cc}
> \hline
> \multirow{3}{*}{\textbf{Female}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml} \\
> & Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
> & ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
> \hline
> \end{tabular}
> \end{longtable}
>
> \end{document}
going to suggest one here that simplifies the code, but as I don't know
the content of the rest of the table, it may be inappropriate.
1. Use the array package and make the cells m{width} which will have the
effect of vertically-centering their content. Otherwise they behave like
p{width}.
2. Your emebedded tabular is anyway far too wide to fit your 3cm cell so
I have switched the widths around and widened the first one.
3. Now you don't need multirow any more.
4. Fixed the \& problem.
5. Added a new strut to create a fraction more space above the top line
of each cell, otherwise the table looks very cramped. This goes in the
column specification prefix >{...} before each one. I have used the
normal \strut in the embedded tabular as it doesn't need the extra height.
6. The embedded tabular needed the left-hand shoulded annulling with @{}
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable,array}
\newcommand{\vstrut}{\vrule height1.05em width0pt depth0pt}
\begin{document}
\begin{longtable}{| >{\vstrut}m{3.5cm} | >{\vstrut}m{5.5cm} |}
\hline
\textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|>{\vstrut}l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
\textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
\hline
\hline
Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
\hline
Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
\textbf{Female}& \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\strut}l|cc}
Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml \\
Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
\end{tabular}\\
\hline
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
///Peter
Sharon Kimble
Jan 29, 2016, 1:33:40 PM1/29/16
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Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> writes:
> On 01/28/2016 01:42 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>> How can I have a nested table in a longtable which will give me results
>> like this please -
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> Gender / Hormone | Range
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Estradiol - E2
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Male | 0.5-1.5 pg/ml
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> | Pre-menopausal 1.0-5.0 pg/ml
>> Female | Post-menopausal 1.0-1.5 pg/ml
>> | ERT therapy 1.5-10.0 pg/ml
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Another hormone back in the longtable
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> This is my MWE which does =not= work
>
> Like all the best MWEs. We ought to rename them MNWEs.
:)
> On 01/28/2016 01:42 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
>>
>> How can I have a nested table in a longtable which will give me results
>> like this please -
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> Gender / Hormone | Range
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Estradiol - E2
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Male | 0.5-1.5 pg/ml
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> | Pre-menopausal 1.0-5.0 pg/ml
>> Female | Post-menopausal 1.0-1.5 pg/ml
>> | ERT therapy 1.5-10.0 pg/ml
>> -----------------------------------------------------------
>> Another hormone back in the longtable
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> This is my MWE which does =not= work
>
> Like all the best MWEs. We ought to rename them MNWEs.
>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage{multirow}
>
> Missing longtable, but I'm sure you had that.
True, I did forget to put it in.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage{multirow}
>
> Missing longtable, but I'm sure you had that.
>
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \begin{longtable}{| p{5.5cm} | p{3cm} |}
>> \hline
>> \textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
>> \hline
>> \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
>> \hline
>> Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
>
> The following tabular environment will fill only the first cell, the
> 5.5cm one. If you want it to span across both cells, it needs to go
> inside a \multicolumn2l but that becomes ungainly to code.
>
>> \begin{tabular}{l|cc}
>> \hline
>> \multirow{3}{*}{\textbf{Female}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml} \\
>
> That & after "Pre-menopausal" needs to be escaped as \&
>
>> & Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
>> & ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
>> \hline
>> \end{tabular}
>> \end{longtable}
>>
>> \end{document}
>
> The architecture of complex tables usually has several solutions. I'm
> going to suggest one here that simplifies the code, but as I don't know
> the content of the rest of the table, it may be inappropriate.
I was able to use your code and add other stuff to it to build the whole
>> \begin{document}
>>
>> \begin{longtable}{| p{5.5cm} | p{3cm} |}
>> \hline
>> \textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
>> \hline
>> \multicolumn{2}{|l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
>> \hline
>> Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
>
> The following tabular environment will fill only the first cell, the
> 5.5cm one. If you want it to span across both cells, it needs to go
> inside a \multicolumn2l but that becomes ungainly to code.
>
>> \begin{tabular}{l|cc}
>> \hline
>> \multirow{3}{*}{\textbf{Female}} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml} \\
>
> That & after "Pre-menopausal" needs to be escaped as \&
>
>> & Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
>> & ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
>> \hline
>> \end{tabular}
>> \end{longtable}
>>
>> \end{document}
>
> The architecture of complex tables usually has several solutions. I'm
> going to suggest one here that simplifies the code, but as I don't know
> the content of the rest of the table, it may be inappropriate.
table.
>
> 1. Use the array package and make the cells m{width} which will have the
> effect of vertically-centering their content. Otherwise they behave like
> p{width}.
I didn't know of the package "array", thanks.
> 1. Use the array package and make the cells m{width} which will have the
> effect of vertically-centering their content. Otherwise they behave like
> p{width}.
>
> 2. Your emebedded tabular is anyway far too wide to fit your 3cm cell so
> I have switched the widths around and widened the first one.
>
> 3. Now you don't need multirow any more.
>
> 4. Fixed the \& problem.
>
> 5. Added a new strut to create a fraction more space above the top line
> of each cell, otherwise the table looks very cramped. This goes in the
> column specification prefix >{...} before each one. I have used the
> normal \strut in the embedded tabular as it doesn't need the extra
> height.
\strut is unknown by me, what package is it in please so I can learn
> 2. Your emebedded tabular is anyway far too wide to fit your 3cm cell so
> I have switched the widths around and widened the first one.
>
> 3. Now you don't need multirow any more.
>
> 4. Fixed the \& problem.
>
> 5. Added a new strut to create a fraction more space above the top line
> of each cell, otherwise the table looks very cramped. This goes in the
> column specification prefix >{...} before each one. I have used the
> normal \strut in the embedded tabular as it doesn't need the extra
> height.
more about it?
>
> 6. The embedded tabular needed the left-hand shoulded annulling with @{}
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{longtable,array}
> \newcommand{\vstrut}{\vrule height1.05em width0pt depth0pt}
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{longtable}{| >{\vstrut}m{3.5cm} | >{\vstrut}m{5.5cm} |}
> \hline
> \textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
> \hline
> \multicolumn{2}{|>{\vstrut}l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
> \hline
> Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
> \hline
> \textbf{Female}& \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\strut}l|cc}
> Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml \\
> Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
> ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
> \end{tabular}\\
> \hline
> \end{longtable}
>
> \end{document}
That works extremely well, thanks very much.
> 6. The embedded tabular needed the left-hand shoulded annulling with @{}
>
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{longtable,array}
> \newcommand{\vstrut}{\vrule height1.05em width0pt depth0pt}
> \begin{document}
>
> \begin{longtable}{| >{\vstrut}m{3.5cm} | >{\vstrut}m{5.5cm} |}
> \hline
> \textbf{Gender / Hormone} & \textbf{Range} \\
> \hline
> \multicolumn{2}{|>{\vstrut}l|}{\textbf{Estradiol - E2}} \\
> \hline
> Male & 0.5--1.5 pg/ml \\
> \hline
> \textbf{Female}& \begin{tabular}{@{}>{\strut}l|cc}
> Pre-menopausal & 1.0--5.0 pg/ml \\
> Post-menopausal & 1.0--1.5 pg/ml \\
> ERT therapy & 1.5--10.0pg/ml \\
> \end{tabular}\\
> \hline
> \end{longtable}
>
> \end{document}
>
> ///Peter
Debian 8.3, fluxbox 1.3.7, emacs 25.0.50.2
Peter Flynn
Jan 29, 2016, 5:39:30 PM1/29/16
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On 01/29/2016 06:33 PM, Sharon Kimble wrote:
> Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> writes:
[...]
> I didn't know of the package "array", thanks.
It's very handy, mainly for the m and b column types, and for the
> {...} and <{...} prefixes and suffixes that avoid a lot of
> repetitive
formatting code in the data.
> \strut is unknown by me, what package is it in please so I can
> learn more about it?
It's in the TeX and LaTeX kernels AFAIR. It's just a \vrule protruding
70% of the line-height up and 30% of it down, and no width (so it's
invisible). It can be used to compensate for the "missing" ascenders
and descenders in a line which happens to contain only x-height
letters (eg acemnorsuvwxz). The one I created is slightly higher, to
force extra space between the rule and the cell below it.
///Peter
> Peter Flynn <pe...@silmaril.ie> writes:
[...]
> I was able to use your code and add other stuff to it to build the
> whole table.
Cool. I wasn't expecting it to work with everything else.
> whole table.
> I didn't know of the package "array", thanks.
> {...} and <{...} prefixes and suffixes that avoid a lot of
> repetitive
formatting code in the data.
> \strut is unknown by me, what package is it in please so I can
> learn more about it?
70% of the line-height up and 30% of it down, and no width (so it's
invisible). It can be used to compensate for the "missing" ascenders
and descenders in a line which happens to contain only x-height
letters (eg acemnorsuvwxz). The one I created is slightly higher, to
force extra space between the rule and the cell below it.
///Peter
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