How to center the middle of a table to be in the center of the page?












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I'd like to have the vertical rule in my {r|l} table to be horizontally aligned in the center of the page.



So far, I've only managed to do



begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
short & long long long \
short & long long long \
short & long long \
short & long long long\
end{tabular}
end{center}

begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
long long & short
end{tabular}
end{center}


which yields Output



How can I center the vertical lines of my tables to be in the center of the page?










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  • I'd like to have them both aligned such that the vertical line is in the middle of pagewidth

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I'd like to have the vertical rule in my {r|l} table to be horizontally aligned in the center of the page.



So far, I've only managed to do



begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
short & long long long \
short & long long long \
short & long long \
short & long long long\
end{tabular}
end{center}

begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
long long & short
end{tabular}
end{center}


which yields Output



How can I center the vertical lines of my tables to be in the center of the page?










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I'd like to have the vertical rule in my {r|l} table to be horizontally aligned in the center of the page.



So far, I've only managed to do



begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
short & long long long \
short & long long long \
short & long long \
short & long long long\
end{tabular}
end{center}

begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
long long & short
end{tabular}
end{center}


which yields Output



How can I center the vertical lines of my tables to be in the center of the page?










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I'd like to have the vertical rule in my {r|l} table to be horizontally aligned in the center of the page.



So far, I've only managed to do



begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
short & long long long \
short & long long long \
short & long long \
short & long long long\
end{tabular}
end{center}

begin{center}
begin{tabular}{r|l}
long long & short
end{tabular}
end{center}


which yields Output



How can I center the vertical lines of my tables to be in the center of the page?







tables horizontal-alignment






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  • I'd like to have them both aligned such that the vertical line is in the middle of pagewidth

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  • I'd like to have them both aligned such that the vertical line is in the middle of pagewidth

    – Stephan
    2 hours ago

















I'd like to have them both aligned such that the vertical line is in the middle of pagewidth

– Stephan
2 hours ago





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You may need to define new column type (thanks @lockstep in his answer)



documentclass{article}
usepackage{array}

newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}

begin{document}

begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
short & long long long \
short & long long long \
short & long long \
short & long long long\
end{tabular}

begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
long long & short
end{tabular}

end{document}


which gives



enter image description here






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  • That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

    – Stephan
    2 hours ago






  • 1





    The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

    – Partha D.
    1 hour ago



















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You could give a fixed length to the columns of the tables.



If you want the columns to occupy all the space possible in the half of the line, you have to calculate their column width in this way, in order to not have an overfull hbox:
.5linewidth (half line)
-2tabsep (minus the two spaces before and after the text column)
-.5arrayrulewidth (minus half of the width of the vertical bar).



In my MWE I use the calc package, without it you can write setlength{myhalfpage}{dimexpr .5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth} to get the same result.



You can use lockstep's definitions with this length.



documentclass{article}
usepackage{array}
usepackage{calc}
newlength{myhalfpage}
setlength{myhalfpage}{.5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth}
newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
newcolumntype{C}{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
newcolumntype{R}{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}

begin{document}

begin{center}
begin{tabular}{R|L}
short & long long long \
short & long long long \
short & long long \
short & long long long\
end{tabular}
end{center}
begin{center}
begin{tabular}{R|L}
long long & short
end{tabular}
end{center}
end{document}


enter image description here






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    You may need to define new column type (thanks @lockstep in his answer)



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{array}

    newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}

    begin{document}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    short & long long long \
    short & long long long \
    short & long long \
    short & long long long\
    end{tabular}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    long long & short
    end{tabular}

    end{document}


    which gives



    enter image description here






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    • That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

      – Stephan
      2 hours ago






    • 1





      The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

      – Partha D.
      1 hour ago
















    2














    You may need to define new column type (thanks @lockstep in his answer)



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{array}

    newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}

    begin{document}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    short & long long long \
    short & long long long \
    short & long long \
    short & long long long\
    end{tabular}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    long long & short
    end{tabular}

    end{document}


    which gives



    enter image description here






    share|improve this answer


























    • That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

      – Stephan
      2 hours ago






    • 1





      The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

      – Partha D.
      1 hour ago














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    2







    You may need to define new column type (thanks @lockstep in his answer)



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{array}

    newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}

    begin{document}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    short & long long long \
    short & long long long \
    short & long long \
    short & long long long\
    end{tabular}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    long long & short
    end{tabular}

    end{document}


    which gives



    enter image description here






    share|improve this answer















    You may need to define new column type (thanks @lockstep in his answer)



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{array}

    newcolumntype{L}[1]{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{C}[1]{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}
    newcolumntype{R}[1]{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{#1}}

    begin{document}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    short & long long long \
    short & long long long \
    short & long long \
    short & long long long\
    end{tabular}

    begin{tabular}{ R{0.465textwidth} | L{0.465textwidth}}
    long long & short
    end{tabular}

    end{document}


    which gives



    enter image description here







    share|improve this answer














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    • That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

      – Stephan
      2 hours ago






    • 1





      The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

      – Partha D.
      1 hour ago



















    • That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

      – Stephan
      2 hours ago






    • 1





      The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

      – Partha D.
      1 hour ago

















    That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

    – Stephan
    2 hours ago





    That's exactly it, thank you! One question though: why is raggedleft used in the right-aligned column?

    – Stephan
    2 hours ago




    1




    1





    The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

    – Partha D.
    1 hour ago





    The command raggedleft pushes all text to the right of the line or column, keeping the left side text margin ragged. // ...One more minor correction to my answer: 0.49textwidth gives an "Overfull hbox (10.59pt too wide)". This is due to the column separator and the adjacent spaces on either side. So, you will have to allot somewhat less width to the columns to really center the column-separator. In my example, 0.465 worked best (editing accordingly).

    – Partha D.
    1 hour ago











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    You could give a fixed length to the columns of the tables.



    If you want the columns to occupy all the space possible in the half of the line, you have to calculate their column width in this way, in order to not have an overfull hbox:
    .5linewidth (half line)
    -2tabsep (minus the two spaces before and after the text column)
    -.5arrayrulewidth (minus half of the width of the vertical bar).



    In my MWE I use the calc package, without it you can write setlength{myhalfpage}{dimexpr .5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth} to get the same result.



    You can use lockstep's definitions with this length.



    documentclass{article}
    usepackage{array}
    usepackage{calc}
    newlength{myhalfpage}
    setlength{myhalfpage}{.5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth}
    newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
    newcolumntype{C}{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
    newcolumntype{R}{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}

    begin{document}

    begin{center}
    begin{tabular}{R|L}
    short & long long long \
    short & long long long \
    short & long long \
    short & long long long\
    end{tabular}
    end{center}
    begin{center}
    begin{tabular}{R|L}
    long long & short
    end{tabular}
    end{center}
    end{document}


    enter image description here






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      You could give a fixed length to the columns of the tables.



      If you want the columns to occupy all the space possible in the half of the line, you have to calculate their column width in this way, in order to not have an overfull hbox:
      .5linewidth (half line)
      -2tabsep (minus the two spaces before and after the text column)
      -.5arrayrulewidth (minus half of the width of the vertical bar).



      In my MWE I use the calc package, without it you can write setlength{myhalfpage}{dimexpr .5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth} to get the same result.



      You can use lockstep's definitions with this length.



      documentclass{article}
      usepackage{array}
      usepackage{calc}
      newlength{myhalfpage}
      setlength{myhalfpage}{.5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth}
      newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
      newcolumntype{C}{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
      newcolumntype{R}{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}

      begin{document}

      begin{center}
      begin{tabular}{R|L}
      short & long long long \
      short & long long long \
      short & long long \
      short & long long long\
      end{tabular}
      end{center}
      begin{center}
      begin{tabular}{R|L}
      long long & short
      end{tabular}
      end{center}
      end{document}


      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer




























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        You could give a fixed length to the columns of the tables.



        If you want the columns to occupy all the space possible in the half of the line, you have to calculate their column width in this way, in order to not have an overfull hbox:
        .5linewidth (half line)
        -2tabsep (minus the two spaces before and after the text column)
        -.5arrayrulewidth (minus half of the width of the vertical bar).



        In my MWE I use the calc package, without it you can write setlength{myhalfpage}{dimexpr .5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth} to get the same result.



        You can use lockstep's definitions with this length.



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{array}
        usepackage{calc}
        newlength{myhalfpage}
        setlength{myhalfpage}{.5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth}
        newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
        newcolumntype{C}{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
        newcolumntype{R}{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}

        begin{document}

        begin{center}
        begin{tabular}{R|L}
        short & long long long \
        short & long long long \
        short & long long \
        short & long long long\
        end{tabular}
        end{center}
        begin{center}
        begin{tabular}{R|L}
        long long & short
        end{tabular}
        end{center}
        end{document}


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer















        You could give a fixed length to the columns of the tables.



        If you want the columns to occupy all the space possible in the half of the line, you have to calculate their column width in this way, in order to not have an overfull hbox:
        .5linewidth (half line)
        -2tabsep (minus the two spaces before and after the text column)
        -.5arrayrulewidth (minus half of the width of the vertical bar).



        In my MWE I use the calc package, without it you can write setlength{myhalfpage}{dimexpr .5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth} to get the same result.



        You can use lockstep's definitions with this length.



        documentclass{article}
        usepackage{array}
        usepackage{calc}
        newlength{myhalfpage}
        setlength{myhalfpage}{.5linewidth-2tabcolsep-.5arrayrulewidth}
        newcolumntype{L}{>{raggedrightletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
        newcolumntype{C}{>{centeringletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}
        newcolumntype{R}{>{raggedleftletnewline\arraybackslashhspace{0pt}}m{myhalfpage}}

        begin{document}

        begin{center}
        begin{tabular}{R|L}
        short & long long long \
        short & long long long \
        short & long long \
        short & long long long\
        end{tabular}
        end{center}
        begin{center}
        begin{tabular}{R|L}
        long long & short
        end{tabular}
        end{center}
        end{document}


        enter image description here







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