Merging rows with tabularx

Question

This seems to be quite a common question with ordinary tabular environments, but I have not been able to find an answer for this problem, or any like it, using the tabularx environment.

My code is as follows:

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{3cm}|X|}
\hline
\textbf{Symbol (Name)}                              & \textbf{Example of Use}\\
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{symbol\newline (Full name))}        & $x=\hdots$\\
\hline
                                                    & Description
\end{tabularx}

which produces:

I am trying to make (Full name)) appear on the line below symbol without the horizontal line extending all the way to the left. I only want to third horizontal line to separate the column on the right.

How do I achieve this with the tabularx environment?

With many thanks,

Froskoy.

Answer 1

\hrule tells LaTeX to produce an horizontal line

Use \cline{2-2} instead (\cline{start column - end column})

Edit: In a \multirow you can use \parbox to get the output you ask

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{3cm}|X|}
\hline
\textbf{Symbol (Name)}                              & \textbf{Example of Use}\\
\hline
\multirow{2}{*}{\parbox{2.9cm}{symbol\newline (Full name)}} & $x=\hdots$\\

\cline{2-2}
                                                    & Description
\end{tabularx}

Edit: Another possibility is just not to use \multirow

\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{|p{3cm}|X|}
\hline
\textbf{Symbol (Name)}                              & \textbf{Example of Use}\\
\hline
symbol       & $x=\hdots$\\
\cline{2-2}
(Full name)  & Description
\end{tabularx}