# Braces at the right of rows in a table

I want to put a brace at the right of the rows in a table.

I use

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{multirow,bigdelim}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{cc}
\hline
Sample values: each line contains one entire beat)\tabularnewline
\hline
68.1 72.8 78.4 85.6 93.6 98.1 95.3 91.2 91.1 ... & \rdelim\{{3}{3mm}[variable length] \tabularnewline
74.4 79.2 85.6 92.8 100.8 108.8 115.2 121.6 ...\tabularnewline
73.6 77.6 84.0 91.2 100.0 108.8 117.6 124.8 ...\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


which produces

How can I modify the code to inverse the direction of the brace, as the following screenshot shows?

I tried using \rdelim but it put the brace at the end:

• Either you have just answered your question or I cannot see (important) difference betwen case 1 and 2. – Przemysław Scherwentke Nov 23 '14 at 0:52
• @PrzemysławScherwentke Fixed! – Franck Dernoncourt Nov 23 '14 at 1:03
• So it is enough to change \{ into \}. – Przemysław Scherwentke Nov 23 '14 at 1:05
• @PrzemysławScherwentke Thanks, yes, I had misread the \rdelim\{{3} as \rdelim\{3}. – Franck Dernoncourt Nov 23 '14 at 1:07

Maybe just:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{multirow,bigdelim}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{cc}
\hline
Sample values: each line contains one entire beat)\tabularnewline
\hline
68.1 72.8 78.4 85.6 93.6 98.1 95.3 91.2 91.1 ... & \rdelim\}{3}{3mm}[variable length] \tabularnewline
74.4 79.2 85.6 92.8 100.8 108.8 115.2 121.6 ...\tabularnewline
73.6 77.6 84.0 91.2 100.0 108.8 117.6 124.8 ...\tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


# EDIT

You might also like to think about making the tabular slightly more elegant and legible:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{multirow,bigdelim,dcolumn,booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{*{9}{D{.}{.}{1}@{\hskip 7.5pt}}cc}
\toprule
\multicolumn{11}{c}{Sample values: each line contains one entire beat)}\tabularnewline
\midrule
68.1 &72.8 &78.4 &85.6 &93.6 &98.1 &95.3 &91.2 &91.1 &... & \rdelim\}{3}{17.5mm}[\parbox{12.5mm}{variable\\length}] \tabularnewline
74.4 &79.2 &85.6 &92.8 &100.8 &108.8 &115.2 &121.6 &&...\tabularnewline
73.6 &77.6 &84.0 &91.2 &100.0 &108.8 &117.6 &124.8 &&...\tabularnewline
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{document}


• @FranckDernoncourt Since that seemed too easier I've added a slightly souped up version in an edit ;). (It is always easier to catch other people's typos because you don't know what they meant to write.) – cfr Nov 23 '14 at 1:13
• It looks awesome, thanks a lot, I'll make sure I understand all the code to improve my future latex tables! – Franck Dernoncourt Nov 23 '14 at 1:30

You can also adapt the solution from Braces for cases in tabular environment which allows you to mark the top and bottom using \tikzmark and then do the drawing afterwards:

## Code:

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{multirow,bigdelim,dcolumn,booktabs}

\usepackage{xparse}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{calc}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}

\newcommand{\tikzmark}[1]{\tikz[overlay,remember picture] \node (#1) {};}

\newcommand*{\BraceAmplitude}{0.4em}%
\newcommand*{\VerticalOffset}{0.5ex}%
\newcommand*{\HorizontalOffset}{0.0em}%
\NewDocumentCommand{\InsertRightBrace}{%
O{} % #1 = draw options
O{\HorizontalOffset,\VerticalOffset} % #2 = optional brace shift options
m   % #3 = top tikzmark
m   % #4 = bottom tikzmark
m   % #5 = node text
}{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
\coordinate (Brace Top)    at ($(#3.north) + (#2)$);
\coordinate (Brace Bottom) at ($(#4.south) + (#2)$);
\draw [decoration={brace, amplitude=\BraceAmplitude}, decorate, thick, draw=blue, #1]
(Brace Top) -- (Brace Bottom)
node [pos=0.5, anchor=west, align=left, text width=1.25cm, color=black, xshift=\BraceAmplitude] {#5};
\end{tikzpicture}%
}%

\begin{document}
\noindent
\begin{tabular}{*{9}{D{.}{.}{1}@{\hskip 7.5pt}}cc}
\toprule
\multicolumn{11}{c}{Sample values: each line contains one entire beat)}\tabularnewline
\midrule
68.1 &72.8 &78.4 &85.6 &93.6  &98.1  &95.3  &91.2  &91.1 &... & \tikzmark{Top Mark}\tabularnewline
74.4 &79.2 &85.6 &92.8 &100.8 &108.8 &115.2 &121.6 &     &... & \tabularnewline
73.6 &77.6 &84.0 &91.2 &100.0 &108.8 &117.6 &124.8 &     &... & \tikzmark{Bottom Mark}\tabularnewline
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\InsertRightBrace[red, ultra thick]{Top Mark}{Bottom Mark}{Variable Length}
\end{document}

• (+1) But a lot more work than changing { to }, though ;). Also tikz is a lot to load only for this and it requires multiple passes... – cfr Nov 23 '14 at 1:35
• @cfr: Totally agree that it is overkill if you just one specific brace in solid black. But, sure comes in handy when you want to do any customizations. – Peter Grill Nov 23 '14 at 19:15

Here is an implementation that doesn't use bigdelim; rather an array that is vertically aligned on the math axis:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{c c}
\toprule
Sample values: each line contains one entire beat \\
\midrule
$\left.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace \begin{array}{ *{9}{r} } 68.1 & 72.8 & 78.4 & 85.6 & 93.6 & 98.1 & 95.3 & 91.2 & \ldots \\ 74.4 & 79.2 & 85.6 & 92.8 & 100.8 & 108.8 & 115.2 & 121.6 & \ldots \\ 73.6 & 77.6 & 84.0 & 91.2 & 100.0 & 108.8 & 117.6 & 124.8 & \ldots \end{array} \right\}$ \rlap{variable length} \\
\bottomrule
\end{tabular}
\end{document}