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Tables of numbers

Is it possible to put a "x\y" style legend in one cell (maybe be made up of several cells) of a table? It would be great to make the 'x' slightly lower while the 'y' slight higher.

Please see the picture below for illustration:

XY_style

Thank you very much.

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Have a look at tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7262/tables-of-numbers, tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9275/… and tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9253/slashbox-alternative. Maybe one of the solutions to these questions is applicable to your case. – Caramdir Feb 22 '11 at 1:29
Thanks for the suggestions, @lockstep:) – Li Wang Feb 22 '11 at 4:44
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tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7262/tables-of-numbers provides a perfect solution --- i.e. \backslashbox in slashbox package. Thank you very much @Caramdir. – Li Wang Feb 22 '11 at 4:47

marked as duplicate by Caramdir, lockstep, Joseph Wright♦ Feb 22 '11 at 8:06

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AFAIK, there are two packages for this purpose. One is slashbox, which is pointed out in some previous questions. The other is makecell, which may produce better result sometimes. Here is an example of \diaghead in makecell:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makecell}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|}\hline
\diaghead{\theadfont Diag ColumnmnHead II}%
{Diag\\Column Head I}{Diag Column\\Head II}&
\thead{Second\\column}&\thead{Third\\column}\\
\hline
& foo & bar \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

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maybe you could add the makecell answer to the duplicate question, so that we have all solutions in one place. – Caramdir Feb 23 '11 at 0:23
@Caramdir: Yes. But which one should I answer? I've no good idea. – Leo Liu Feb 23 '11 at 4:17
Ok, I add this answer to tex.stackexchange.com/questions/9253/slashbox-alternative – Leo Liu Feb 23 '11 at 4:22
This also works:) Thank you very much!! – Li Wang Mar 10 '11 at 7:09

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