How do I create this table?

Question

I want to create this table:

I started with this, but it doesn't work:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
    \begin{tabular}{c|c}

        hello & hello \\

        \toprule
        hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello space infinity & hello hello hello hello  \\
        hello hello hello hello hello & hello hello hello hello  \\

    \end{tabular}
   \end{center}
   \end{document}}

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

like this:

beside tabularx are used options !{<option>} and \Xhline{<width>} from the package array (in this case loaded by the package tabularx) and macro \makecell from the package of the same name:

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{makecell, tabularx}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\setcellgapes{5pt}\makegapedcells
    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{X!{\vline width 1pt} X}
        \makecell{hello}   & \makecell{hello} \\
    \Xhline{1pt}
        hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello space infinity
                            & hello hello hello hello  \\
        hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello space infinity
                            & hello hello hello hello  \\
    \end{tabularx}
   \end{center}
\end{document}

Answer 2

Don't use booktabs with vertical rules.

And don't load packages twice (you have two \usepackage{graphicx}).

I have used tabularx, and \\[4pt] and \rule{0pt}{16pt} to add some space before and after the horizontal rule.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
    \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{X|X}
        \multicolumn{1}{c|}{hello} & 
        \multicolumn{1}{c}{hello} \\[4pt]
        \hline
        \rule{0pt}{16pt}hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello space infinity & hello hello hello hello  \\
        hello hello hello hello hello & hello hello hello hello  \\
    \end{tabularx}
   \end{center}
   \end{document}

Answer 3

The screenshot that accompanies your query creates the impression that each table column should be just wide enough (but no wider) to typeset three instances of the word "hello", separated by whitespace. If this impression is correct, you should use the p column type for both columns. The p column type takes an argument -- the usable width. In the preamble, be sure to set up a length parameter and measure the width of "hello hello hello" via a \settowidth directive.

Oh, and don't use the booktabs package (and \midrule directives) if you employ vertical lines. Instead, use \hline.

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{array} % for "\extrarowheight" macro
\newlength\mylen
\settowidth\mylen{\sffamily hello hello hello} % measure width of "hello hello hello"
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\sffamily % switch to sans-serif
\setlength\extrarowheight{2pt} % for a more open "look"
\begin{tabular}{p{\mylen}|p{\mylen}}
\multicolumn{1}{c|}{hello} & 
\multicolumn{1}{c}{hello} \\[2pt]
\hline
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello space infinity & hello hello hello hello  \\
hello hello hello hello hello & hello hello hello hello \\
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
\end{document}

Answer 4

Since the rules are very thick, maybe you want to have the rounded caps as in the picture. It's possible to draw rules with rounded caps with Tikz. With the environment {NiceTabular} of nicematrix, you have PGF/Tikz nodes constructed under the row, columns and cells and it's easy to use them with Tikz to draw whatever rule you want.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nicematrix,tikz}

\begin{document}

\setlength{\extrarowheight}{2mm}
\begin{NiceTabular}{>{\raggedleft}p{2.6cm}>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{2.6cm}}
\Block{}{hello} & \Block{}{hello} \\
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello 
& hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello \\
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello 
& hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello \\
hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello 
& hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello hello \\
\CodeAfter
\tikz \draw [very thick, line cap = round] 
            (1-|2) -- (last-|2)
            (2-|1) -- (2-|3) ;
\end{NiceTabular}

\end{document}

You need several compilations (because nicematrix uses PGF/Tikz nodes).