Center table and make one row different

January 2, 2023

I’ve got a table like:

\begin{center} 
\begin{table} [h]
\caption{some caption.} 
    \label{tab: 1}
\begin{tabular}{||c | c c c c c||}
 \hline
Team &Goal& SOG& SA& Hits& Possession\\ 
 \hline\hline
 \textbf{Team1} & 54 & 171 &    464 & 941 & 11:46:33
 \\ 
 \hline
 \textbf{Team2} & 89 & 237 & 502 & 861 & 10:28:02 \\ 
\hline \hline
Per cent split\\
 \hline \hline
 \textbf{Team1}&  38\% &    42\% &  48\% &  52\% &  53\%  \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
\end{center}

And I cannot seem to center it. I’ve wrapped it in a \center but it still pushes to the left of the page. I am also wondering how to alter the row with Per cent split: ideally I’d want the text centered on the row and the row to end in the same manner that the table does, right now it does not do that.

Thanks

>Solution :

You center instructions must be within the table environment. However you shouldn’t use the center environment. This will add additional vertical spacing. You should use \centering instead.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

%\begin{center} 
\begin{table} [h]
\caption{some caption.} 
    \label{tab: 1}
    \centering
\begin{tabular}{||c | c c c c c||}
 \hline
Team &Goal& SOG& SA& Hits& Possession\\ 
 \hline\hline
 \textbf{Team1} & 54 & 171 &    464 & 941 & 11:46:33
 \\ 
 \hline
 \textbf{Team2} & 89 & 237 & 502 & 861 & 10:28:02 \\ 
\hline \hline
\multicolumn{6}{||c||}{Per cent split}\\
 \hline \hline
 \textbf{Team1}&  38\% &    42\% &  48\% &  52\% &  53\%  \\
  \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \end{table}
%\end{center}


\end{document}