The most significant difference between the tabular and tabular* environments is that the latter can be set to occupy a pre-specified width. Often, but not necessarily, this width will be \textwidth, i.e., the width of the textblock. (In the example above, the width of the tabular* and tabularx environments is set to 0.85\textwidth.)
Most examples I've seen are like this: \begin{tabular}{@{}l r r@{}} that is, with one @{} to the left of first column specifier and another @{} to the right of the last column specifier. Yet the "Not So Short Guide to LaTex" says this construct suppresses the leading space. I'm a bit confused. Which of the following interpretations are correct? @{} suppresses the space on the side of the ...
1 From this reddit answer: You can also use normal tabular column types inside a tabularx environment. Since your table is \textwidth, you can define the first column as a fixed-width p{0.5\textwidth} and have the rest automagically determined by tabularx 's X width: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{tabularx} \begin{document} % table \begin ...
50 The difference between array and tabular is discussed formally in Difference between tabular and array environment, but I'll reference it here as well: array is probably the fundamental tabular structure in TeX that allows for stacking thing horizontally and vertically. You don't need to include the array package in order to use an array.
In my table, in order to have texts centered in each cell, I am using \\newcolumntype{P}[1]{>{\\centering\\arraybackslash}p{#1}} and instead of a simple p{1.5cm}, I am using >{\\centering\\
382 The following suggestions are applicable to tabular - and array -like structures and for the most past applies to both text and math mode, including *matrix environments. Vertical padding Vertical padding is possible in a global way using @Herbert's answer. That is, to redefine the array stretch factor <factor> using
This places all the content (tabular and your caption) in a minipage environment of width \textwidth. The minipage will ensure that the contents remains in a fixed block (so that your caption doesn't end up on a page that your tabular is not).
I wish to be able to have a table (using tabular) that fills the page horizontally with each column using a fraction of that space, for now assume that they are equally sized. I wish to be able to...
