How to use REVTeX's ruledtabular in a normal document?

Question

I would like to use the ruledtabular environment in a book I am currently writing.

\begin{table}
\caption{\label{tab:table1}  ...}
\begin{ruledtabular}
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
   ...
\end{tabular}
\end{ruledtabular}
\end{table}

The problem is I don't want to begin with

\documentclass[preprint,...]{revtex4-1}

but with the normal

\documentclass{book}

Is there a way to do something like

\usepackage{revtex4-1}

?

Answer 1

As per REVTeX 4.1 guide, the two main features of ruledtabular are double rules and page wide tables. This can be achieved using two \hline-s in a row and the tabularx package:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{tabularx}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
  \caption{Something}
  \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{XX}
    \hline\hline
    Some & content \\
    \hline\hline
  \end{tabularx}
\end{table}

\end{document}

Personally to me the two features look doubtful at best from the typographic point of view. I recommend reading the booktabs package documentation for good table typesetting practices.