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Following this post, I have another table in latex:

documentclass{article}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}



usepackage{mathtools}

usepackage{tabularx}

usepackage[math]{cellspace}

setlength{cellspacetoplimit}{3pt}

setlength{cellspacebottomlimit}{3pt}

newcolumntype{?}{!{vrule width 3pt}}

usepackage{makecell}



begin{document}



begin{table*}[!t]

footnotesize

centering

caption{Example of a table}

label{sth}

begin{tabular}{>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}?>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|>{$}Sc<{$}|}

cline{2-11}

 & multicolumn{5}{c?}{X^{tr} (mathrm{english text})} & multicolumn{5}{c|}{Y^{yu} (mathrm{english text})} \ cline{2-11} 

multirow{-2}{*}{} & mathscr{A}_1 & mathscr{A}_2 & mathscr{A}_3 & mathscr{A}_4 & mathscr{A}_5 & mathscr{A}_1 & mathscr{A}_2 & mathscr{A}_3 & mathscr{A}_4 & mathscr{A}_5 \ hline

multicolumn{1}{|c|}{1} & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35  \ hline

multicolumn{1}{|c|}{2} & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35  \ hline

end{tabular}

end{table*}



end{document}

I have multiple problems with my effort.

1. why does -2* appear in the first column?


2. I tried to get rid of vertical and horizontal lines but I need to retain a bold black divider in the middle. so, I don't know which lines to delete.


3. the formulas are blurring into the lines so should I remove lines. I tried to give an extra gap around each box. is there a better way? my method does not seem to work for the first row at the top.


4. The "english text" does not appear in the second row as it should with space in between. what I tried is to write everything in the table as a math formula but this is generating errors. can someone sort this out?


5. In the second row, the A should appear as a script capital. That is not happening.

Mainly I need help to make this table more readable and resolve the error messages that are generated. Please suggest changes.

Some comments and observations:

• Since virtually all of the table's material is supposed to be in math mode, use an array environment instead of a tabular environment.




• The c column type would appear to be appropriate for all 11 columns. The cellspace package does have its uses. For the present table, though, to employ its machinery appears to be overkill.




• To reduce the overall width of the table, change the value of arraycolsep (assuming you've followed my advice to use an array environment). The default value of this parameter is 5pt; in the example below, I set it to 2.5pt.




• The "-2" string appears because of the multirow{-2}{*}{} directive. What is it supposed to achieve? The table does just fine without it.




• Your table is ok without any vertical lines. Really. See below.




• Use the line-drawing macros of the booktabs package instead of hline and cline.




• Don't use mathrm; use either text{...} or textnormal{...}.




• To make the mathscr macro behave as expected, load a package that provides a math-script math alphabet. Try the mathrsfs package.

documentclass{article}

usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}



usepackage{mathtools,array,mathrsfs,booktabs}

usepackage[skip=0.333baselineskip]{caption} % optional

newcommandmsA{mathscr{A}}

begin{document}



begin{table}[!t]

setlengtharraycolsep{2.5pt} % default value: 5pt

footnotesize

captionsetup{font=footnotesize} % optional

centering

caption{Example of a table}

label{sth}

$begin{array}{@{}*{11}{c}@{}}

toprule

 & multicolumn{5}{c}{X^{tr} (textnormal{english text})} 

 & multicolumn{5}{c@{}}{Y^{yu} (text{english text})} \ 

cmidrule(lr){2-6} cmidrule(l){7-11}

 & msA_1 & msA_2 & msA_3 & msA_4 & msA_5 

 & msA_1 & msA_2 & msA_3 & msA_4 & msA_5 \ 

midrule

1 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 

  & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35  \ 

2 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 

  & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35 & 5413.35  \ 

bottomrule

end{array}$

end{table}



end{document}