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Mazhar Mohsin
Mazhar Mohsin

Reputation: 185

How to put a caption on top of Latex table

I want to put a caption on top of the following table in Latex.

\begin{center}

\begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | p{5cm} |}
\hline
GT & MT & PT & ML & FP & FN & ID & FM & Rc & Pr \\ \hline
abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc \\ \hline

\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{center}

Upvotes: 13

Views: 47042

Answers (1)

Nander Speerstra
Nander Speerstra

Reputation: 1526

You do not make a table, but only a tabular (which cannot have a caption). You have to make a table first, and then a tabular:

\begin{table}[htb]

    \centering % instead of \begin{center}
    \caption{Here you can type in your caption}
    \vspace{10mm} % Adjust the height of the space between caption and tabular

    \begin{tabular}{ | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | l | p{5cm} |}
        \hline
        GT & MT & PT & ML & FP & FN & ID & FM & Rc & Pr \\ \hline
        abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc & abc \\ \hline
         \hline
    \end{tabular}

\end{table}

Further explanation: "The table environment merely holds our other environments and allows to add a caption to our table. The actual data is contained in the tabular environment and we center the table on the page using the center environment."

Upvotes: 25

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