TeX - LaTeX Asked on December 26, 2020
I am using the siunitx
package, along with the booktabs
package, to make a table.
Here is my output:
Table (a) uses the tabular specification llll
(i.e., no use of siunitx
). Table (a) looks great, except that I want the decimal points in +0.2 and -0.4 to be lined up.
To do that, in Table (b), I used the tabular specification lSSS
and used sisetup{table-number-alignment=left}
. Now the decimal points are aligned, but I would like the numbers in the last two columns to be fully left aligned (flush with the k_{theta}
‘s), since they are all positive. How can I do this?
Here is my code:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{siunitx,booktabs,subcaption}
DeclareSIUnit{calorie}{cal}
begin{document}
begin{table}
begin{subtable}{textwidth}
caption{}
begin{tabular}{llll}
toprule
& {$q$ (si{elementarycharge})} & {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilocaloriepermole})} & {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilojoulepermole})}
midrule
compound A & +0.2 & 0.066 & 0.276144
compound B & -0.4 & 0.14 & 0.585760
bottomrule
end{tabular}
end{subtable}
vspace*{16pt}
begin{subtable}{textwidth}
caption{}
sisetup{table-number-alignment=left}
begin{tabular}{lSSS}
toprule
& {$q$ (si{elementarycharge})} & {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilocaloriepermole})} & {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilojoulepermole})}
midrule
compound A & +0.2 & 0.066 & 0.276144
compound B & -0.4 & 0.14 & 0.585760
bottomrule
end{tabular}
end{subtable}
end{table}
end{document}
With the help of table-number-alignment
in combination with the appropriate table-format
, you can achieve the following output:
documentclass{article}
usepackage{siunitx,booktabs}
DeclareSIUnit{calorie}{cal}
begin{document}
begin{table}
begin{tabular}{l
S[table-format=-1.1,table-number-alignment=left]
S[table-format=1.3,table-number-alignment=left]
S[table-format=1.6,table-number-alignment=left]}
toprule
& {$q$ (si{elementarycharge})} & {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilocaloriepermole})} & {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilojoulepermole})}
midrule
compound A & +0.2 & 0.066 & 0.276144
compound B & -0.4 & 0.14 & 0.585760
bottomrule
end{tabular}
end{table}
end{document}
Correct answer by leandriis on December 26, 2020
You need to specify the format of numbers in each column; the simple S
specification applies a default that's not suitable for your case.
On the other hand, the fact that the numbers are positive doesn't seem to have something to do with alignment.
I'd split the header into two rows, one for the symbols and one for the units.
documentclass{article}
usepackage{siunitx,booktabs}
DeclareSIUnit{calorie}{cal}
begin{document}
begin{table}
centering
begin{tabular}{
@{}
l
S[table-format=-1.1,retain-explicit-plus,table-number-alignment=left]
S[table-format=1.3,table-number-alignment=left]
S[table-format=1.6,table-number-alignment=left]
@{}
}
toprule
& {$q$ (si{elementarycharge})}
& {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilocaloriepermole})}
& {$k_{theta}$ (si{kilojoulepermole})}
midrule
compound A & +0.2 & 0.066 & 0.276144
compound B & -0.4 & 0.14 & 0.585760
bottomrule
end{tabular}
bigskip
begin{tabular}{
@{}
l
S[table-format=-1.1,retain-explicit-plus]
S[table-format=1.3]
S[table-format=1.6]
@{}
}
toprule
& {$q$}
& {$k_{theta}$}
& {$k_{theta}$}
& {(si{elementarycharge})}
& {(si{kilocaloriepermole})}
& {(si{kilojoulepermole})}
midrule
compound A & +0.2 & 0.066 & 0.276144
compound B & -0.4 & 0.14 & 0.585760
bottomrule
end{tabular}
end{table}
end{document}
In the second sample, the big white space has disappeared.
Answered by egreg on December 26, 2020
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