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+\begin_document
+\begin_header
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\begin_preamble
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+\end_header
-\layout Title
+\begin_body
+
+\begin_layout Title
A Better Decimal-Alignment Solution
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
An alternative way to have decimal alignment in tables is through the dcolumn
package.
Add the following to the LateX preamble:
-\layout LyX-Code
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout LyX-Code
-\backslash
+\backslash
usepackage{dcolumn}
-\layout LyX-Code
+\end_layout
+\begin_layout LyX-Code
-\backslash
+
+\backslash
newcolumntype{d}[1]{D{.}{.}{#1}}
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
To have a column decimally aligned, enter in the
-\family sans
+\family sans
Special Column Alignment
-\family default
+\family default
box of the
-\family sans
+\family sans
Table extra
-\family default
+\family default
form the following:
-\layout LyX-Code
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout LyX-Code
d{number of decimals of the data}
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
In the following table we entered
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
d{4}
-\family default
+\family default
:
-\layout Standard
-\added_space_top 0.3cm \added_space_bottom 0.3cm \align center \LyXTable
-multicol5
-5 2 0 0 -1 -1 -1 -1
-0 1 0 0
-0 0 0 0
-0 0 0 0
-0 0 0 0
-0 0 0 0
-8 0 0 "" ""
-4 1 0 "" "d{4}"
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-1 8 0 1 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-1 4 0 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
-0 8 1 0 0 0 0 "" ""
+\end_layout
+
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+
+\begin_inset VSpace 0.3cm
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\align center
+
+\begin_inset Tabular
+<lyxtabular version="3" rows="5" columns="2">
+<features>
+<column alignment="center" valignment="top" width="0pt">
+<column alignment="right" valignment="top" leftline="true" width="0pt" special="d{4}">
+<row bottomline="true">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
Expression
-\newline
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell multicolumn="1" alignment="center" valignment="top" bottomline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
Value
-\newline
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset Formula \( \pi \)
-\end_inset
+\end_layout
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell multicolumn="1" alignment="right" valignment="top" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
-\newline
3.1416
-\newline
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
-\begin_inset Formula \( \pi ^{\pi } \)
-\end_inset
+\begin_layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
-\newline
36.462
-\newline
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
-\begin_inset Formula \( (\pi ^{\pi })^{\pi } \)
-\end_inset
+\begin_layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
-\newline
80663.
-\newline
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+<row>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
-\begin_inset Formula \( \pi ^{\pi ^{\pi }} \)
-\end_inset
+\begin_layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+\begin_inset Text
+
+\begin_layout Standard
-\newline
1.3402e18
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+</cell>
+</row>
+</lyxtabular>
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+
+\begin_inset VSpace 0.3cm
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+
+\begin_layout Standard
To create extra column space just increase the number of decimals in
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
d{}
-\family default
+\family default
.
Setting the multicolumn attribute for a single cell makes it insensitive
to the decimal alignment which comes in handy as well.
A drawback of this method is that math mode is not allowed in a column
with decimal alignment except if the multicolumn attribute is set.
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
This method offers the same flexibility as the
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
dcolumn
-\family default
+\family default
package.
One could, for example, change the alignment separator, and have different
alignment separators for different columns by defining multiple column
types in the preamble.
The syntax is as follows:
-\layout LyX-Code
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout LyX-Code
D{inputsep}{outputsep}{decimal places}
-\layout Standard
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
The interested reader is directed towards the
-\family typewriter
+\family typewriter
dcolumn
-\family default
+\family default
package documentation for more details.
-\the_end
+\end_layout
+
+\end_body
+\end_document
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