Tabular data in reply to a post

[gmax137]

I wanted to include a table of values in a reply. Is this possible? I had a table in Word; when I cut & pasted into the PF reply the formatting was lost completely.
Thanks

 

[berkeman]

Maybe try converting to PDF and uploading as an attachment?

 

[mfb]

You can make a LaTeX table.

$$\begin{pmatrix}
1 & 2 & 3 & 4\\
a & b & c & d\\
x & y & z & w
\end{pmatrix}$$

You can format it within [code] tags:

here           spaces are conserved
which allows   tables, sort oft

Or convert the table to an image and include that.

 

[gmax137]

Thanks !

 

[LCKurtz]

You can build tables in Latex:
\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline \text{Column 1} & \text{Column 2}&\text{Column 3} &\text{Column 4} &\text{Column 5} \\
\hline 0&0&1&0&1\\
\hline 1 & 1 & 0 & 1 & 0\\
\hline
\end{array}
Right click on the figure to see the LaTeX.

 

[berkeman]

Right click on the figure to see the LaTeX.

Or click "Reply" to see the LaTeX.

 

[LCKurtz]

What is weird is that I think I forgot to put either the ## or $$ tags in that post and it printed the latex anyway.

 

[Mark44]

What is weird is that I think I forgot to put either the ## or $$ tags in that post and it printed the latex anyway.

The system we have in place here at PF automatically recognizes certain environments, such as array (that you used) and bmatrix, pmatrix, and vmatrix, and maybe some others as well. You don't need to surround these known enviromments with [tex] or [itex] tags, or the easier to use (IMO) $$ or ## tags.
Bracketed matrix (bmatrix)
\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{bmatrix}
Parenthesized matrix (pmatrix)
\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{pmatrix}
Vertical bars matrix (vmatrix)
\begin{vmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 1\end{vmatrix}