Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Side by Side Tables

[mdk31]

I'm trying to put two tables side by side and I'm not sure how to go about doing it. I was looking at the subfigure package but I think that it's just for actual images.

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\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ | l | l |}
\hline
Current (A) & Mean B (G) \\ \hline
0.5 & 9.3 \\ \hline
1.0 & 16.5 \\ \hline
1.5 & 23.4 \\ \hline
2.0 & 30.2 \\ \hline
2.5 & 40.3 \\ \hline
3.0 & 48.2 \\ \hline
3.5 & 53.9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Current and Mean B with a Forward Polarity}
\end{figure} 

\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ | l | l |}
\hline
Current (A) & Mean B (G) \\ \hline
-0.5 & -8.8 \\ \hline
-1.0 & -17.1 \\ \hline
-1.5 & -25.2 \\ \hline
-2.0 & -32.6 \\ \hline
-2.5 & -40.1 \\ \hline
-3.0 & -47.7 \\ 
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Current and Mean B with a Reversed Polarity}
\end{figure}

[grbn]

You can indeed use the subfigure package, it handles tables too. See its manual. Just use something like:

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\begin{table}[h!]
\vspace{5pt}
    \begin{center}
        \subtable
            {
                \begin{tabular}{l}
                
                \end{tabular}\centering
            }
        \subtable
            {
            \begin{tabular}{l|r}
            

\end{tabular}\centering
            }
    
        \caption{}
        \label{}
    \end{center}
    
\end{table}

[gmedina]

Hi,

You can indeed use the subfigure package, it handles tables too...

subfigure is an obsolete package and shouldn't be used anymore. The subfig package has superseded it, and should be used in its stead. Another options (besides using the subfig package):

1) Use minipages and the \captionof command provided by the caption package.
2) Use the subcaption package (a little, yet useful, companion to the caption package).

[mdk31]

Thanks for your response.

My two main problems though are how to get each table labeled separately (as Table 1 and Table 2).

I tried

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\subtable[caption]

but the .pdf output gives, under the table, "(a) caption" rather than "Table 1: Caption". Also, since the tables are not equal length, they both end up centered which makes them look not quite right. I want to be able to align their top rows together.

[gmedina]

Hi,

as I suggested before, you could use minipages and the \captionof command. As for the vertical alignment, I would recommend you to align the tables at the bottom, so their captions will be aligned too. Please have a look at the following simple example:

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{caption}

\begin{document}

\begin{minipage}[b]{.40\textwidth}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{ | l | l |}
    \hline
    Current (A) & Mean B (G) \\ \hline
    0.5 & 9.3 \\ \hline
    1.0 & 16.5 \\ \hline
    1.5 & 23.4 \\ \hline
    2.0 & 30.2 \\ \hline
    2.5 & 40.3 \\ \hline
    3.0 & 48.2 \\ \hline
    3.5 & 53.9 \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \captionof{table}{Current and Mean B with a Forward Polarity}
  \label{tab:forpol}
\end{minipage}\qquad
\begin{minipage}[b]{.40\textwidth}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{ | l | l |}
    \hline
    Current (A) & Mean B (G) \\ \hline
    -0.5 & -8.8 \\ \hline
    -1.0 & -17.1 \\ \hline
    -1.5 & -25.2 \\ \hline
    -2.0 & -32.6 \\ \hline
    -2.5 & -40.1 \\ \hline
    -3.0 & -47.7 \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \captionof{table}{Current and Mean B with a Reversed Polarity}
  \label{tab:revpol}
\end{minipage}

\end{document}

However, if you still want your tables aligned at the top, please let me know, indicating also whether or not you want the captions to be aligned too.

Remark: make sure that you have a recent version (3.1x) of the caption package installed in your system.

[mdk31]

The problem is that I don't think the caption package. is updated on my system. I'm writing it on emacs out of one of our universities "machines." I don't really know how to explain it and I'm not sure how I would update the caption package.

[phi]

You can always install packages in a private texmf tree, for example in ~/texmf on Linux or ~/Library/texmf on OS X.

[Juanjo]

The caption package and the \captionof command are not necessary in this case. It suffices to put both minipages inside the same table environment and use \caption, e.g.:

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\documentclass{book}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
\begin{minipage}[b]{.40\textwidth}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{ | l | l |}
    \hline
    Current (A) & Mean B (G) \\ \hline
    0.5 & 9.3 \\ \hline
    1.0 & 16.5 \\ \hline
    1.5 & 23.4 \\ \hline
    2.0 & 30.2 \\ \hline
    2.5 & 40.3 \\ \hline
    3.0 & 48.2 \\ \hline
    3.5 & 53.9 \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{Current and Mean B with a Forward Polarity}
  \label{tab:forpol}
\end{minipage}\qquad
\begin{minipage}[b]{.40\textwidth}
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{ | l | l |}
    \hline
    Current (A) & Mean B (G) \\ \hline
    -0.5 & -8.8 \\ \hline
    -1.0 & -17.1 \\ \hline
    -1.5 & -25.2 \\ \hline
    -2.0 & -32.6 \\ \hline
    -2.5 & -40.1 \\ \hline
    -3.0 & -47.7 \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{Current and Mean B with a Reversed Polarity}
  \label{tab:revpol}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}

\end{document}