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How to center right aligned numbers in table column?
It is probably better to make the column right-aligned but with a suitable left and right padding, selected as a good guess based on the width of the column header and the expected widths of the numbers. Below is not an ideal solution, since the size of the numbers are initially unknown, but it’s a little closer without too much additional tags.
How to center numbers in table column using CSS?
Then add padding / margins to fine tune the placement of the div. You can approximate this with CSS. Create a class: Depending upon the width of the column, chart and longest data entry, you may need to adjust the percentage in the CSS.
When to center text in the last column?
A partial solution. It can help when you want to center text everywhere but in the last column (!) PS: It would be nice, if somebody says how to solve the error message of \\centering in the last column.
How do you count the number of digits in a column?
You would need to preprocess the numbers in the column and compute the largest of them (this requires locale-sensitive parsing since you are using a thousands separator), and then you would left-pad the numbers to the same number of characters, using U+2007 FIGURE SPACE as a space that has the same width as digits.
What are the guidelines for aligning data in tables?
Here are my guidelines for aligning data in tables that will help you design tables that are both quickly comprehendible and through optimal alignment of data. Header text should usually always follow the same alignment as the column content. Identification numbers that will not be added up. E.g.- ID
How to align the header of a table?
Aligning table header content Header text should usually always follow the same alignment as the column content. Table content that should be left-aligned
What’s the best way to align numbers in Excel?
Numbers and items treated like numbers: Right Align (and if you have decimals, best to always show, even if the one number is 23.00 and another is 1.23) A quick look at a grid with mixed data on the Bloomberg site shows a good example.