LaTeX Tables – varying line width

Marina Danilevsky ,

\hline is not your only option.

One of the easiest ways to vary the line width in your tables is with the booktabs package, which provides lines (or rules) of predefined width.  The lines \toprule, \midrule, and \bottomrule are great to use for a table. Each rule can also be specified, locally or globally, for your own  weighting preferences.

 

Table using hline:

\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\hline
1 & 2 & 3 \\ 
\hline
4 & 5 & 6 \\ 
\hline
7 & 8 & 9 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Output:

hline 

 

 

Table using booktabs:

usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{ccc}
\toprule
1 & 2 & 3 \\ 
\midrule
4 & 5 & 6 \\ 
\midrule
7 & 8 & 9 \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

Output:

topmidbottomline