[latex] production of complex tables: excel2latex and detail adjustment

Just started to use LaTeX Write a paper , The first hurdle encountered is drawing tables , Smaller ordinary tables can be implemented with simple syntax , But the large and complex forms make me unable to start .

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Excel2LaTeX plug-in unit

Here is a very handy tool I use ：Excel2LaTeX plug-in unit , Download address ： Portal
Once you download it , stay excel It shows that add-in , And will Excel2LaTeX.xla File import to add-in in , Restart excel You can see the following options ：

stay Excel Draw tables and generate LaTeX Code

Now you can start in excel Draw the desired table form , Here's an example （ Multiple data sets 、 Multiple models 、 Multiple indicators 、 Contains a thick border 、 Bold font 、 Double border, etc ）：

then , Using mouse Select generate LaTeX Table area of code , Click on the top left Convert Tabel to LaTeX. Usually I'm used to checking Booktabs package This option , Then copy .

% Table generated by Excel2LaTeX from sheet 'Sheet1'
\begin{
    table}[htbp]
  \centering
  \caption{
    Add caption}
    \begin{
    tabular}{
    c|lrrrrrrrrr}
    \toprule
    \multicolumn{
    2}{
    c}{
    \multirow{
    2}[4]{
    *}{
    \textbf{
    Method}}} & \multicolumn{
    3}{
    c}{
    \textbf{
    Dataset 1}} & \multicolumn{
    3}{
    c}{
    \textbf{
    Dataset 2}} & \multicolumn{
    3}{
    c}{
    \textbf{
    Dataset 3}} \\
\cmidrule{
    3-11}    \multicolumn{
    2}{
    c}{
    } & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    RMSE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    MAE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    ACC} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    RMSE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    MAE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    ACC} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    RMSE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    MAE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    ACC} \\
    \midrule
    \multirow{
    2}[2]{
    *}{
    Non-Graph} & MLP  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & SVR  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
    \midrule
    \multirow{
    5}[2]{
    *}{
    Graph} & GCN  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & GAT  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & RGCN &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & GIN  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & ChebNet &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
    \midrule
    \midrule
    \textbf{
    Proposed} & \textbf{
    ABC} &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
    \bottomrule
    \end{
    tabular}%
  \label{
    tab:addlabel}%
\end{
    table}%

Paste the code into LaTeX In the words of , Pay attention to adding macro package ：\usepackage{Booktabs}, Otherwise it will compile incorrectly ！ meanwhile , I used a multi row table , So you need to add \usepackage{multirow}.
Now the effect is as follows , The whole picture of the table has been outlined ：

Modify and adjust the table format

Adjust the distance from the table title to the table
stay \centering Add... Below \setlength The order of ：

\begin{
    table}[htbp]
  \centering
  \setlength{
    \abovecaptionskip}{
    2pt}%
  \setlength{
    \belowcaptionskip}{
    10pt}%
  \caption{
    It is a table.}

The effect is as follows ：

The vertical line of the table is changed from discontinuous to continuous
What we need to know is ,hline bottomrule toprule Separate the table horizontally , Use in table code bottomrule and toprule Will cause vertical line discontinuity . The solution is ： take Except for the top and bottom bottomrule and toprule, All changed to hline. Why don't the top and bottom ones be changed to hline？ The reason is that , I need to keep the top and bottom borders bold ！ and hline It's a thin line .
If you finally find , The top and bottom of the vertical line are still not closely intersected with the border , then Put the top code \toprule Change it to \bottomrule, Put the code at the bottom \bottomrule Change it to \toprule.
The effect is as follows ：

Will three Dataset The horizontal line below separates
In the generated LaTeX In the code ,Dataset The horizontal line code below is as follows ：

\cmidrule{
    3-11}

This is obviously a complete horizontal line , Now let's introduce how to divide it into three paragraphs .
Change the above code to ：

\cmidrule(r){
    3-5} \cmidrule(r){
    6-8} \cmidrule{
    9-11} 

A complete horizontal line can be divided into three sections , The effect is as follows ：

Text wrapping inside table cells
If the text inside the table is too long , How to manually wrap lines ？LaTeX There is no way to pass directly Enter or \\ The symbol realizes the line break of the text inside the table cell . My method is as follows ：
First , Add new commands at the beginning of the article ：\newcommand{\tabincell}[2]{\begin{tabular}{@{}#[email protected]{}}#2\end{tabular}}
Then I can wrap in the cell where I want to wrap , For example, I want you to Tabular Learning Methods from Learning Wrap after , It can be modified as follows ：\tabincell{c}{Tabular Learning\\Methods}, The effect is as follows ：

The final table effect

The complete code is as follows ：

% Table generated by Excel2LaTeX from sheet 'Sheet1'
\begin{
    table}[htbp]
  \centering
  \setlength{
    \abovecaptionskip}{
    2pt}%
  \setlength{
    \belowcaptionskip}{
    10pt}%
  \caption{
    It is a table.}
    \begin{
    tabular}{
    c|lrrrrrrrrr}
    \bottomrule %\toprule
    \multicolumn{
    2}{
    c}{
    \multirow{
    2}[4]{
    *}{
    \textbf{
    Method}}} & \multicolumn{
    3}{
    c}{
    \textbf{
    Dataset 1}} & \multicolumn{
    3}{
    c}{
    \textbf{
    Dataset 2}} & \multicolumn{
    3}{
    c}{
    \textbf{
    Dataset 3}} \\
\cmidrule(r){
    3-5} \cmidrule(r){
    6-8} \cmidrule{
    9-11}  \multicolumn{
    2}{
    c}{
    } & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    RMSE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    MAE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    ACC} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    RMSE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    MAE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    ACC} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    RMSE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    MAE} & \multicolumn{
    1}{
    c}{
    ACC} \\
    \hline
    \multirow{
    2}[2]{
    *}{
    Non-Graph} & MLP &   &   &      &    &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & SVR  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
    \hline
    \multirow{
    5}[2]{
    *}{
    Graph} & GCN  &  &  &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & GAT  &      &      &      & & &      &      &      &  \\
         & RGCN &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & GIN  &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
         & ChebNet &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
    \hline
    \hline
    \textbf{
    Proposed} & \textbf{
    ABC} &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &      &  \\
    \toprule %\bottomrule
    \end{
    tabular}%
  \label{
    tab:addlabel}%
\end{
    table}%