Multi column and multi row table in LaTeX? - latex

How do I draw the following table in LaTeX? The data inside is not that important.
I wrote the following code:
\begin{table}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{cccccc}
\hline
\multicolumn{6}{|c|}{Feature Vector of Samples} \\
\hline
\headerrow & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5\\
1 & \(9.87*e^{-01}\) & \(8.67*e^{-17} \)& \(4.13*e^{-24}\) & \(1.16*e^{-17}\) & \(4.58*e^{-17}\) \\
2 & \(1.16*e^{-16}\) & \(9.99*e^{-01}\) & \(9.14*e^{-25}\) & \(3.63*e^{-22}\) & \(2.69*e^{-11}\) \\
3 & \(4.35*e^{-33}\) & \(7.85*e^{-34}\) & \(9.93*e^{-01}\) & \(3.74*e^{-04}\) & \(4.55*e^{-34}\) \\
4 & \(5.51*e^{-26}\)& \(5.13*e^{-31}\)& \(5.02*e^{-04}\) & \(9.99*e^{-01}\) & \(1.71*e^{-29}\) \\
5& \(9.60*e^{-18}\) & \(2.21*e^{-07}\)& \(2.52*e^{-25}\)& \(4.64*e^{-20}\)& \(9.99*e^{-01}\)
\end{tabular}
\caption{wasssss}
\label{tbl:wasss}
\end{table}
and here is the result:
What I need to add is one multi row, and the first row should not include the first column.

In theory you could create a table like this using the following code, but please have a look at http://betterposters.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-data-prison.html before you inflict such a table on your readers
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{} &\multicolumn{5}{|c|}{Feature Vector of Samples} \\
\cline{3-7}
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{} & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5\\\hline
\multirow{5}{*}{\rotatebox{90}{samples}} & 1 & \(9.87*e^{-01}\) & \(8.67*e^{-17} \)& \(4.13*e^{-24}\) & \(1.16*e^{-17}\) & \(4.58*e^{-17}\) \\\cline{2-7}
&2 & \(1.16*e^{-16}\) & \(9.99*e^{-01}\) & \(9.14*e^{-25}\) & \(3.63*e^{-22}\) & \(2.69*e^{-11}\) \\\cline{2-7}
& 3 & \(4.35*e^{-33}\) & \(7.85*e^{-34}\) & \(9.93*e^{-01}\) & \(3.74*e^{-04}\) & \(4.55*e^{-34}\) \\\cline{2-7}
& 4 & \(5.51*e^{-26}\)& \(5.13*e^{-31}\)& \(5.02*e^{-04}\) & \(9.99*e^{-01}\) & \(1.71*e^{-29}\) \\ \cline{2-7}
& 5& \(9.60*e^{-18}\) & \(2.21*e^{-07}\)& \(2.52*e^{-25}\)& \(4.64*e^{-20}\)& \(9.99*e^{-01}\)\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{wasssss}
\label{tbl:wasss}
\end{table}
\end{document}

you can use the excel2latex. It's a powerful tool for tables write. You'll need add the packagins after, like it's on the follow script:
https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/excel2latex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{multirow} %for multirow
\usepackage{rotating} %for sideways, rotating "samples" at 90°"
\usepackage{bigstrut} %for bigstrut
\begin{document}
% Table generated by Excel2LaTeX from sheet 'Planilha1'
\begin{table}[htbp]
\centering
\caption{Add caption}
\begin{tabular}{|c|r|r|r|r|r|r|}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{\multirow{2}[4]{*}{}} & \multicolumn{5}{c|}{Feature Vector of Samples} \bigstrut\\
\cline{3-7} \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{} & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 \bigstrut\\
\hline
\multirow{5}[10]{*}{\begin{sideways}samples\end{sideways}} & 1 & Value & Value & Value & Value & Value \bigstrut\\
\cline{2-7} & 2 & Value & Value & Value & Value & Value \bigstrut\\
\cline{2-7} & 3 & Value & Value & Value & Value & Value \bigstrut\\
\cline{2-7} & 4 & Value & Value & Value & Value & Value \bigstrut\\
\cline{2-7} & 5 & Value & Value & Value & Value & Value \bigstrut\\
\hline
\end{tabular}%
\label{tab:addlabel}%
\end{table}%
\end{document}

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\begin{table}[]
\centering
\caption{Comparing accuracy of }
\label{table1}
\resizebox{\columnwidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}{|cccccccccccc|}
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\rowcolor[HTML]{C0C0C0}
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The table in the paper is shown like the following:
I edit my code according to what you have written,
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\sisetup{
table-format=1.3,
round-mode = places,
round-precision = 3,
}
\begin{table*}[ht]
\renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.1}
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{Comparing accuracy}\label{tab:table}
\begin{tabular}{c #{\hspace{12pt}} *5{c} S #{\hspace{12pt}} *4{c} S #{\hspace{6pt}}}
\toprule
\multicolumn{12}{c}{out\_1} \\
\cmidrule(lr){1-12}
& & \multicolumn{5}{c}{Accuracy result}
& \multicolumn{5}{c}{Precision result} \\
\cmidrule(lr){3-7}\cmidrule(r){8-12}
& TTP\tnote{1} & TP & FP & FN & TN & {ACC\tnote{3}} & TP & FP & FN & TN & {ACC\tnote{3}} \\
\midrule
1 & 10-90 & 17508 & 5433 & 8 & 35961 & 0.907638771 & 18715 & 4226 & 8 & 35961 & 0.928127652 \\
2 & 20-80 & 17313 & 5433 & 8 & 29610 & 0.896092735 & 18476 & 4270 & 8 & 29610 & 0.918302651 \\
3 & 30-70 & 17097 & 5433 & 8 & 23281 & 0.881250136 & 18223 & 4307 & 8 & 23281 & 0.905825094 \\
4 & 40-60 & 16587 & 5428 & 3 & 17256 & 0.86171513 & 17760 & 4255 & 3 & 17256 & 0.891582217 \\
5 & 50-50 & 16155 & 5428 & 3 & 11142 & 0.834056465 & 17338 & 4245 & 3 & 11142 & 0.870202884 \\
6 & 60-40 & 15654 & 5416 & 3 & 5109 & 0.793025743 & 16817 & 4253 & 3 & 5109 & 0.837445573 \\
7 & 70-30 & 14240 & 5397 & 0 & 0 & 0.725161685 & 15373 & 4264 & 0 & 0 & 0.782858889 \\
8 & 80-20 & 9340 & 3752 & 0 & 0 & 0.713412771 & 9502 & 3590 & 0 & 0 & 0.72578674 \\
9 & 90-10 & 4736 & 1809 & 0 & 0 & 0.723605806 & 4732 & 1813 & 0 & 0 & 0.722994652 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\par\tnote{1} Test Train Percentage
\par\tnote{2} Accuracy
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table*}
\end{document}
You just have to make sure tables aren't too wordy; "the long" column names and insane number of decimal places are mostly the culprits!
I managed to fit the table within a page of a regular two column document. However, I changed some names to acronyms and added annotation to explain what they represent. I also reduced accuracy to 3 decimal places (I don't think you need more than 2).
There are a few additional packages in the code
siunitx to round some numbers
threeparttable to split the table into three parts: a caption, the main table, footnotes (*)
booktabs for much better rules (**).
* If you insist on using colours, then you will have to get back to regular \hline due to gaps between background colours and rules defined by booktabs. I think a well designed table doesn't need colours
** The caption width will be reduced to the width of your table, which IMO has much better effect; move caption outside the threeparttable if you prefer captions to have the full page width .
Here's the result with dummy texts
and code
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{array}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\sisetup{
table-format=1.3,
round-mode = places,
round-precision = 3,
}
\usepackage{kantlipsum}
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
\section{One}
\kant[1-2]
\begin{table*}
\renewcommand*{\arraystretch}{1.1}
\centering
\begin{threeparttable}
\caption{Comparing accuracy}\label{tab:table}
\begin{tabular}{c #{\hspace{12pt}} *5{c} S #{\hspace{12pt}} *4{c} S #{\hspace{6pt}}}
\toprule
\multicolumn{12}{c}{out\_1} \\
\cmidrule(lr){1-12}
& & \multicolumn{5}{c}{Accuracy result}
& \multicolumn{5}{c}{Precision result} \\
\cmidrule(lr){3-7}\cmidrule(r){8-12}
& TTP\tnote{1} & TP & FP & FN & TN & {ACC\tnote{2}} & TP & FP & FN & TN & {ACC\tnote{2}} \\
\midrule
1 & 10-90 & 17508 & 5433 & 8 & 35961 & 0.907638771 & 18715 & 4226 & 8 & 35961 & 0.928127652 \\
2 & 20-80 & 17313 & 5433 & 8 & 29610 & 0.896092735 & 18476 & 4270 & 8 & 29610 & 0.918302651 \\
3 & 30-70 & 17097 & 5433 & 8 & 23281 & 0.881250136 & 18223 & 4307 & 8 & 23281 & 0.905825094 \\
4 & 40-60 & 16587 & 5428 & 3 & 17256 & 0.86171513 & 17760 & 4255 & 3 & 17256 & 0.891582217 \\
5 & 50-50 & 16155 & 5428 & 3 & 11142 & 0.834056465 & 17338 & 4245 & 3 & 11142 & 0.870202884 \\
6 & 60-40 & 15654 & 5416 & 3 & 5109 & 0.793025743 & 16817 & 4253 & 3 & 5109 & 0.837445573 \\
7 & 70-30 & 14240 & 5397 & 0 & 0 & 0.725161685 & 15373 & 4264 & 0 & 0 & 0.782858889 \\
8 & 80-20 & 9340 & 3752 & 0 & 0 & 0.713412771 & 9502 & 3590 & 0 & 0 & 0.72578674 \\
9 & 90-10 & 4736 & 1809 & 0 & 0 & 0.723605806 & 4732 & 1813 & 0 & 0 & 0.722994652 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\par\tnote{1} Test Train Percentage
\par\tnote{2} Accuracy
\end{threeparttable}
\end{table*}
\kant[3-5]
\section{Two}
\kant[1-2]
\end{document}
Update
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\begin{tabular}{l*{3}c}
\hline\hline
& (1) & (2) & (3) \\
\hline
agesq&677.315&717.395&40.079\\
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educ&10.088&10.346&0.257\\
&(1.614)&(2.011)&(0.172)\\
black&0.827&0.843&0.016\\
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married&0.154&0.189&0.035\\
&(0.361)&(0.393)&(0.036)\\
nodegree&0.835&0.708&-0.127***\\
&(0.372)&(0.456)&(0.039)\\
mosinex&17.862&18.492&0.630\\
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re75&1.267&1.532&0.265\\
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\hline\hline
\end{tabular}
```!LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...
l.1 \begin{tabular}
{l*{3}c}
?```
In LaTeX, there's some lines you should always have. \documentclass{article} (doesn't have to be the article format). Afterwards, there is the document environment where your tabular environment would be in. This would look like:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{l*{3}c}
\hline\hline
& (1) & (2) & (3) \\ \hline
agesq & 677.315 & 717.395 & 40.079 \\
& (428.784) & (431.252) & (41.341) \\
educ & 10.088 & 10.346 & 0.257 \\
& (1.614) & (2.011) & (0.172) \\
black & 0.827 & 0.843 & 0.016 \\
& (0.379) & (0.365) & (0.036) \\
hisp & 0.108 & 0.059 & -0.048* \\
& (0.311) & (0.237) & (0.027) \\
married & 0.154 & 0.189 & 0.035 \\
& (0.361) & (0.393) & (0.036) \\
nodegree& 0.835 & 0.708 & -0.127*** \\
& (0.372) & (0.456) & (0.039) \\
mosinex & 17.862 & 18.492 & 0.630 \\
& (5.574) & (4.911) & (0.511) \\
re74 & 2.107 & 2.096 & -0.011 \\
& (5.688) & (4.887) & (0.516) \\
re75 & 1.267 & 1.532 & 0.265 \\
& (3.103) & (3.219) & (0.303) \\
\hline
Observations & 260 & 185 & 445 \\
\hline\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
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% \usepackage{multirow}
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Check the two package in the header, needed to run.
You can also implement sans serif font, if you want.
This is the output of the above code:

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\caption{A comparison between Rwanda and The Gambia}
\begin{tabular}{l|s|r|m}
\textbf{Variable} &
\textbf{Specific Variable} &
\textbf{Rwanda} &
\textbf{Gambia} &
\hline \hline
\textit{Size} & Surface area (sq. km) & 26,340 & 11,300 \\
& Population (total) & 12,208,407 & 2,100,568 \\
\hline
\textit{Economy} & GDP growth (annual \%) & 6.1 & 4.6 \\
& GDP per capita & 720 & 680 \\
\hline
\textit{Education} & Literacy rate (gender parity index) & 1.029 & 0.851 \\
& School enrolment (primary \% gross) & 133.425 & 97.115 \\
& School enrolment (secondary \% gross) & 32.988 & 57.096 \\
& School enrolment (tertiary \% gross) & 6.695 & 3.094 \\
\hline
\textit{Health and Survival} & Life expectancy at birth (total years) & 67.129 & 61.193 \\
\hline
\textit{Politics} & Political Elections & 4 & 8 \\
& Freedom Rights Score & Not Free & Not Free \\
\hline
\textit{Gender Equality} & Gender equality rating & 4.5 & 3.5 \\
& The Global Gender Gap Report& 121 & 6 \\
\hline
\textit{Aid Rates} & Net ODA received per capita & 100.373 & 128.356 \\
& Net official development assistance & 37.3 & 46.8 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}
Concerning the first problem, "Illegal character in array arg", it is indeed cause by by an unrecognised argument to tabular.
Legal arguments are supposed to describe column types and are c (centered), l (left aligned), r (right aligned), p{width} (top aligned paragraph) and | to describe an intercolumn rule for the most common ones. There are packages that add extra column types, but in your code \begin{tabular}{l|s|r|m} 's' is unknown and do not correspond to a valid column type. 'm' exists to specify a middle aligned paragraph in the 'array' package; it would require the insertion of the package and an extra argument with the desired width of the paragraph. Just change 's' and 'm' wih legal parameters and all is OK. There are many documentation available that describe valid column types.
The second message says that you specify an array with four columns but the fist line contains 5 entries:
\textbf{Variable} &
\textbf{Specific Variable} &
\textbf{Rwanda} &
\textbf{Gambia} &
the fifth one is an empty entry following the ampersand after 'Gambia'. Replace it with an end-of-line to suppress the problem.
Here is a corrected version.
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{url}
\usepackage[round]{natbib}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}[h!]
\begin{center}
\caption{A comparison between Rwanda and The Gambia}
\begin{tabular}{l|c|r|c}
\textbf{Variable} &
\textbf{Specific Variable} &
\textbf{Rwanda} &
\textbf{Gambia} \\
\hline \hline
\textit{Size} & Surface area (sq. km) & 26,340 & 11,300 \\
& Population (total) & 12,208,407 & 2,100,568 \\
\hline
\textit{Economy} & GDP growth (annual \%) & 6.1 & 4.6 \\
& GDP per capita & 720 & 680 \\
\hline
\textit{Education} & Literacy rate (gender parity index) & 1.029 & 0.851 \\
& School enrolment (primary \% gross) & 133.425 & 97.115 \\
& School enrolment (secondary \% gross) & 32.988 & 57.096 \\
& School enrolment (tertiary \% gross) & 6.695 & 3.094 \\
\hline
\textit{Health and Survival} & Life expectancy at birth (total years) & 67.129 & 61.193 \\
\hline
\textit{Politics} & Political Elections & 4 & 8 \\
& Freedom Rights Score & Not Free & Not Free \\
\hline
\textit{Gender Equality} & Gender equality rating & 4.5 & 3.5 \\
& The Global Gender Gap Report& 121 & 6 \\
\hline
\textit{Aid Rates} & Net ODA received per capita & 100.373 & 128.356 \\
& Net official development assistance & 37.3 & 46.8 \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{table}
\end{document}

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