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Why I don't get the correct border in this table?

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This is my code:

    \begin{table}[htbp]
    %\extrarowsep=_3pt^3pt
    \begin{tabu}to\linewidth{|[2pt gray]l|c|c|c|[1.5pt gray]}
    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-

            \bfseries something & \multicolumn{3}{c|}{something} \\

            \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
            \textbf{something} & \textbf{something} & \textbf{something} & \textbf{something} \\
            \hline

            \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
            something & something & something & something \\
            \hline

            \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
            something & something & something & something \\
            \hline

            \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
            something & something & something & something \\
            \hline

            \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
            something & something & something & something \\
            \hline

            \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
            \end{tabu}%
    \caption{something}
    \label{tab:something}%
    \end{table}%
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    Welcome to TeX.SX! Please post working documents, not just fragments!
    – user31729
    Oct 19, 2015 at 22:11
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    Have you considered to get rid of theese table lines? The table will be mutch better than your "excel-mode" table ...
    – Mensch
    Oct 19, 2015 at 22:12
  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Please make your code compilable (if possible), or at least complete it with \documentclass{...}, the required \usepackage's, \begin{document}, and \end{document}. That may seem tedious to you, but think of the extra work it represents for TeX.SX users willing to give you a hand. Help them help you: remove that one hurdle between you and a solution to your problem.
    – Martin Schröder
    Oct 19, 2015 at 23:05

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You need \multicolumn{3}{c|[1.5pt gray]}{something}

i.e. you have to repeat the width of the last | statement as well in a \multicolumn command, otherwise, the standard width of | will be used!

\multicolumn is a 'special' command, that overrules the column specifications made in tabu (or tabular) -- it does not use the |[1.5pt gray] specification if not explicitly forced to do so.

In addition: There are too much lines anyway!

Full example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\usepackage{tabu}

\begin{document}

\begin{table}[htbp]
  \centering
    %\extrarowsep=_3pt^3pt
    \begin{tabu}to\linewidth{|[2pt gray]l|c|c|c|[1.5pt gray]}
    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-

    \bfseries something & \multicolumn{3}{c|[1.5pt gray]}{something} \\

    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
    \textbf{something} & \textbf{something} & \textbf{something} & \textbf{something} \\
    \hline

    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
    something & something & something & something \\
    \hline

    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
    something & something & something & something \\
    \hline

    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
    something & something & something & something \\
    \hline

    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
    something & something & something & something \\
    \hline

    \tabucline[1.5pt gray]-
  \end{tabu}%
  \caption{something}
  \label{tab:something}%
\end{table}%

\end{document}

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