Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Vertical lines breaking in table

[Robert270706]

Hi there
I am trying to make a table where "Kriterier" (which means Criteria) and "Ideer" (which means Ideas) to be on seperate lines inside the same box and point toward the row besides it and the column down under respectively.
But when i do the vertical lines break at the top for some reason

This is my latex and also the command "\textrarrow" is just an enclosed rightarrow i have created as a command

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\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ |p{4cm}||p{3cm}|p{3cm}|p{3cm}|  }
 \hline
 \multicolumn{4}{|c|}{Idesi} \\
 \hline
 Kriterier \textrarrow  \\ Ideer $\downarrow$ & ISO ALPHA 2 Code &ISO ALPHA 3 Code&ISO numeric Code\\
 \hline
 Afghanistan   & AF    &AFG&   004\\
 Aland Islands&   AX  & ALA   &248\\
 Albania &AL & ALB&  008\\
 Algeria    &DZ & DZA&  012\\
 American Samoa&   AS  & ASM&016\\
 Andorra& AD  & AND   &020\\
 Angola& AO  & AGO&024\\
 \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

Is there anyway to make the vertical lines connect at the top and still keep Criterias and Ideas on seperate lines?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Robert,

the line was ended right after "Kriterier". you can change it this way, filling it up to the end:

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Kriterier \textrarrow & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{} \\

Stefan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

By the way, p columns use full justification, so the cell's content can look a bit stretched. You could make it flushleft/raggedright like the following, using the array package:

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\documentclass[a4paper,14pt,oneside]{article}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{array}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ |p{4cm}|*3{|>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{3cm}|} }
\hline
\multicolumn{4}{|c|}{Idesi} \\
\hline
Kriterier \textrightarrow & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{} \\
Ideer $\downarrow$ & ISO ALPHA 2 Code &ISO ALPHA 3 Code&ISO numeric Code\\
\hline
Afghanistan & AF &AFG& 004\\
Aland Islands& AX & ALA &248\\
Albania &AL & ALB& 008\\
Algeria &DZ & DZA& 012\\
American Samoa& AS & ASM&016\\
Andorra& AD & AND &020\\
Angola& AO & AGO&024\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Stefan

[Robert270706]

Thank you but the 3rd and 4th vertical line still doesnt go all the way up. Is there anyway to fix this?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Ok, I saw the obvious gap at the right side, that's why my suggestion, but you can easily use & column separators so you have enough empty cells with borders:

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Kriterier \textrarrow & & & \\

Stefan

[FPantigny]

For information, here is a way to create that table with {NiceTabular} of nicematrix. In this environment, the vertical rules are drawn even if the row is incomplete.

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\documentclass[a4paper,14pt,oneside]{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h]
\centering
\begin{NiceTabular}{ |p{4cm}*3{||p[l]{3cm}}|}
\Hline
\Block{1-4}{Idesi} \\
\Hline
Kriterier \textrightarrow \\
Ideer $\downarrow$ & ISO ALPHA 2 Code &ISO ALPHA 3 Code&ISO numeric Code\\
\Hline
Afghanistan & AF &AFG& 004\\
Aland Islands& AX & ALA &248\\
Albania &AL & ALB& 008\\
Algeria &DZ & DZA& 012\\
American Samoa& AS & ASM&016\\
Andorra& AD & AND &020\\
Angola& AO & AGO&024\\
\Hline
\end{NiceTabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}