Construct tables column after column

Construct tables column after column

[Jan Willem Flamma]

Dear list members,

Table are constructed row after row like in the code below:

Building up a table row after row
\par
\bTABLE
    \bTR
        \bTC Row 1, Column 1 \eTC
        \bTC Row 1, Column 2 \eTC
    \eTR
    \bTR
        \bTC Row 2, Column 1 \eTC
        \bTC Row 2, Column 2 \eTC
    \eTR
\eTABLE

But is it possible to construct tables column after column?
(The code below does not generate output. I merely switched the xTC and xTR to illustate the idea)

Building up a table column after column
\par
\bTABLE
    \bTC
        \bTR Column 1, Row 1 \eTR
        \bTR Column 1, Row 2 \eTR
    \eTC
    \bTC
        \bTR Column 2, Row 1 \eTR
        \bTR Column 2, Row 2 \eTR
    \eTC
\eTABLE

Kind regards,
Jan Willem Flamma
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Re: Construct tables column after column

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi,

This is a funny bit of synchronicity. I made exactly the same request 
for extreme tables (\startxtable) during the ConTeXt meeting. Would
xtables work for you as well? It would be easier for Hans to set it up
in that because a) bTABLE is ‘like html’ which would not allow a swap
like that and b) xtable has explicits command for rows and cells, but 
not columns, so that could be added without any extra effort and confusion.

Best wishes,
Taco

> On 10 Sep 2018, at 12:47, Jan Willem Flamma <register12c@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear list members,
> 
> Table are constructed row after row like in the code below:
> 
> Building up a table row after row
> \par
> \bTABLE
>    \bTR
>        \bTC Row 1, Column 1 \eTC
>        \bTC Row 1, Column 2 \eTC
>    \eTR
>    \bTR
>        \bTC Row 2, Column 1 \eTC
>        \bTC Row 2, Column 2 \eTC
>    \eTR
> \eTABLE
> 
> But is it possible to construct tables column after column?
> (The code below does not generate output. I merely switched the xTC and xTR to illustate the idea)
> 
> Building up a table column after column
> \par
> \bTABLE
>    \bTC
>        \bTR Column 1, Row 1 \eTR
>        \bTR Column 1, Row 2 \eTR
>    \eTC
>    \bTC
>        \bTR Column 2, Row 1 \eTR
>        \bTR Column 2, Row 2 \eTR
>    \eTC
> \eTABLE
> 
> Kind regards,
> Jan Willem Flamma
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Taco Hoekwater
Elvenkind BV




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Re: Construct tables column after column

[Henri Menke]

On 09/10/2018 10:47 PM, Jan Willem Flamma wrote:
> Dear list members,
> 
> Table are constructed row after row like in the code below:
> 
> Building up a table row after row
> \par
> \bTABLE
>     \bTR
>         \bTC Row 1, Column 1 \eTC
>         \bTC Row 1, Column 2 \eTC
>     \eTR
>     \bTR
>         \bTC Row 2, Column 1 \eTC
>         \bTC Row 2, Column 2 \eTC
>     \eTR
> \eTABLE
> 
> But is it possible to construct tables column after column?

If you are not scared of plain TeX macros, you can use \valign.

\starttext

\begingroup
\hsize=5cm
\valign{%
  \strut#\aligntab\strut#\cr
  %
  Column 1, Row 1\aligntab
  Column 1, Row 2\cr
  %
  Column 2, Row 1\aligntab
  Column 2, Row 2\cr
}
\endgroup

\stoptext

> (The code below does not generate output. I merely switched the xTC and xTR to illustate the idea)
> 
> Building up a table column after column
> \par
> \bTABLE
>     \bTC
>         \bTR Column 1, Row 1 \eTR
>         \bTR Column 1, Row 2 \eTR
>     \eTC
>     \bTC
>         \bTR Column 2, Row 1 \eTR
>         \bTR Column 2, Row 2 \eTR
>     \eTC
> \eTABLE
> 
> Kind regards,
> Jan Willem Flamma
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
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> 

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