# Wrapped text above table column and alongside table row

I am trying to make the following table on a Beamer slide:

I cannot seem to get multicolumn to work properly. First, to add the text on top I use the following code

 \frame[plain]{
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{c|c|c}
\multicolumn{1}{c}{}    & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Column Title} &
& a           & b \\ \hline
c   & entry 1   & entry 2\\ \hline
d   & entry 3 & entry 4 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\end{center}}


This code produces an error

Extra alignment tab has been changed to \cr \end{center}}

but it produces the following table:

Without the multicolumn of course, I just have the simple table:

How do I use multicolumn/multirow to get the "Row Title" and "Column Title" text as shown? [I don't need the "Row" and "Title" to be on different lines.]

I think this would help you, also, my suggestion for you would be to use the \begin{table} environment and \centering within them, instead of using a \begin{center} environment as it will produce extra vertical white spaces.

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{XYZ}
\label{XYZ}
\begin{tabular}{llll}
& \multicolumn{3}{l}{Column title}                                \\
\multirow{3}{*}{Row title} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{}  & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{a}       & b       \\ \cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{1}{l|}{c} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{entry 1} & entry 2 \\ \cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{1}{l|}{d} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{entry 3} & entry 4 \\ \cline{2-4}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{frame}
\end{document}


Which gives

The double line version below:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multirow}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{XYZ}
\label{XYZ}
\begin{tabular}{llll}
& \multicolumn{3}{l}{Column title}                                \\
\multirow{3}{*}{\begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Row\\  title\end{tabular}} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{}  & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{a}       & b       \\ \cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{1}{l|}{c} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{entry 1} & entry 2 \\ \cline{2-4}
& \multicolumn{1}{l|}{d} & \multicolumn{1}{l|}{entry 3} & entry 4 \\ \cline{2-4}
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{frame}
\end{document}


which without futher ado will give you

• Thank you @Raaja G! Do you know of a way to align the "Column title" text more to the right? I want it to straddle the 2nd and 3rd column (it is a common title for those two columns). – leastaction Jun 7 '17 at 13:21
• @leastaction Try using \multicolumn{2}{l}{} & \multicolumn{2}{l}{Column title}\\  instead of & \multicolumn{3}{l}{Column title} \\ , I think that might give you what you want. :-D – Raaja_is_at_topanswers.xyz Jun 7 '17 at 13:25

Something like this? (makecell allows for line breaks in cells):

\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{multirow, makecell}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\centering\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt}
\begin{tabular}{rl|l|l}
\multicolumn{2}{c}{} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{Column title} \\[0.5ex]
& & a & b \\ \cline{2-4}
\multirowcell{2}{Row\\title} & c & entry 1 & entry 2 \\ \cline{2-4}
& d & entry 3 & entry 4 \\ \cline{2-4}
\end{tabular}

\end{frame}

\end{document}
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