Floating Table

Tabular environments should be nested in a floating object aka float.

• see Float - Dynamically place figures, images, tables, and listings at the top, bottom, or single page

\begin{table}
    \begin{⟨tabular environment⟩}
    \end{⟨tabular environment⟩}
\end{table}

• ⟨tabular environment⟩: Environment defining the style and syntax of the table

Always provide a caption displayed underneath and a label, to cross reference in elsewhere. Horizontally center the float as well.

\begin{table}
    \begin{⟨tabular environment⟩}
    \end{⟨tabular environment⟩}
    \centering % horizontally center the float
    \caption{⟨caption⟩} % title displayed below the table and in the index
    \label{tab:⟨table name⟩} % a handle to cross reference the table
\end{table}

• ⟨caption⟩: Title displayed below the table and in the index
• ⟨table name⟩: Filename and handle to cross reference the table

Table floats contain many lines of text, so they are distracting in the main text. Therefore, extract each floating object into a separate file.

1. Extract the float into a separate file like floating-tables/⟨table name⟩.tex

2. Request to place the floating object at the next possible position considering the placement parameters

   \input{floating-tables/⟨table name⟩}

3. Write a reference to the floating object, as it might not appear on the same page

   Our measurement results can be seen in Table \ref{tab:⟨table name⟩}.