# Table and TikZ object on two columns

I'm trying to have a table generated by the tabular environment and a plot generated by TikZ placed side by side. I tried using the table and minipage environment since it works for having multiple tables side by side. However the two objects seems to be off vertically, what am I doing wrong?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{gensymb}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{minipage}[b]{5 cm}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
Temperature & IQ Score \\ \hline
14\celsius & 57\% \\ \hline
16\celsius & 65\% \\ \hline
18\celsius & 69\% \\ \hline
20\celsius & 71\% \\ \hline
22\celsius & 79\% \\ \hline
24\celsius & 88\% \\ \hline
26\celsius & 81\% \\ \hline
28\celsius & 76\% \\ \hline
30\celsius & 66\% \\ \hline
32\celsius & 62\% \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{1cm}
\begin{minipage}[b]{10cm}
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[grid=major, grid style={dashed,gray!30}, xlabel=Temperature $\celsius$,ylabel=IQ Scores \%, legend style={at={(axis cs:25,28)},anchor=south}]
%\addplot[scatter, only marks, scatter/classes={y={black}}] table[x=x, y=y, col sep=comma] {NumbersAndFunctions-Temp-IQ-data.csv};
\addplot[color=red, domain=7:41, thick, samples=400, mark=none] {88*exp(-(\x-24)^2/253.0889)};
\legend{Raw, Gaussian};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{minipage}
\end{table}
\end{document}


Thanks

• (1) Welcome, (2) you are much more likely to get help if you post a full minimal example instead of just a sniplet. That is something people can copy and run immediately without having to add anything. In your example we for example does not know where \celsius comes from. – daleif Dec 3 '14 at 10:09
• Does this answer to "Vertical align a tabular and tikz figure in a minipage" help you? – Ignasi Dec 3 '14 at 10:23
• @daleif Ah yes I'm sorry, should've paid more attention – Vinsen Dec 3 '14 at 10:50

These are aligned at the top:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{width=8cm}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document}
\begin{table}
\begin{minipage}[t]{5 cm}
\centering
\begin{tabular}[t]{|c|c|}
\hline
Temperature & IQ Score \\ \hline
\SI{14}{\celsius} & \SI{57}{\percent} \\ \hline    %% change all \% like this
\SI{16}{\celsius} & 65\% \\ \hline
\SI{18}{\celsius} & 69\% \\ \hline
\SI{20}{\celsius} & 71\% \\ \hline
\SI{22}{\celsius} & 79\% \\ \hline
\SI{24}{\celsius} & 88\% \\ \hline
\SI{26}{\celsius} & 81\% \\ \hline
\SI{28}{\celsius} & 76\% \\ \hline
\SI{30}{\celsius} & 66\% \\ \hline
\SI{32}{\celsius} & 62\% \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{minipage}
\hfill
\begin{tikzpicture}[baseline={(current bounding box.north)}]
\begin{axis}[grid=major, grid style={dashed,gray!30}, xlabel=Temperature $\celsius$,ylabel=IQ Scores\si{\percent}, legend style={at={(axis cs:25,28)},anchor=south}]
%\addplot[scatter, only marks, scatter/classes={y={black}}] table[x=x, y=y, col sep=comma] {NumbersAndFunctions-Temp-IQ-data.csv};
\addplot[color=red, domain=7:41, thick, samples=400, mark=none] {88*exp(-(\x-24)²/253.0889)};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{table}
\end{document}


With no [t] in minipage and [baseline={(current bounding box.center)}] in tikzpicture they are aligned at the center.

With no [b] in both tabular and minipage and [baseline={(current bounding box.south)}] in tikzpicture they are aligned at the bottom.

• Change all 65\% etc similar to \SI{57}{\percent}. You can see the difference. – user11232 Dec 3 '14 at 10:45
• That makes sense now! Thank you for the help. – Vinsen Dec 3 '14 at 11:33