I have the following latex code:
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\section{Introduction}
\label{sec:introduction}
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\subsection{Motivation}
\label{sec:Motivation}
\subsection{Related work}
\label{sec:Related work}
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\begin{table*}[H]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
& \makecell{Critera 1 \\ control} & \makecell{Critera 2 \\ optimal control} & \makecell{Critera 3 \\ smart control heuristic} & \makecell{Comparison to optimal \\ and smart control} & \makecell{Use of training data \\from other buildings} \\
\hline
Author 1 et al., 2020 [1] & \cmark & \rule{0.2cm}{0.2cm} & & & \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{Comparison of relevant papers from the literature}
\label{tab:my_label}
\end{table*}
\subsection{Contribution}
\label{sec:Contribution}
with the main file
\documentclass[5p,times,twocolumn]{elsarticle}
\usepackage{physics}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\hypersetup{hidelinks}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{amssymb}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amssymb
\usepackage{pifont}% http://ctan.org/pkg/pifont
\newcommand{\cmark}{\ding{51}}%
\newcommand{\xmark}{\ding{55}}%
\usepackage{acro}
\include{sections/00_acro}
\graphicspath{{figures/}}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{comment}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{framed} % Framing content
\usepackage{multicol} % Multiple columns environment
\usepackage{nomencl} % Nomenclature package
\usepackage{makecell}
\journal{}
\begin{document}
\begin{frontmatter}
\title{Title}
\author[1]{Author 1}
\author[1]{Author 2}
\address[1]{Institue 1}
\begin{abstract}
\input{sections/00_abstract}
\end{abstract}
\begin{comment}
%%Graphical abstract
\begin{graphicalabstract}
\includegraphics{grabs}
\end{graphicalabstract}
%%Research highlights
\begin{highlights}
\item Research highlight 1
\item Research highlight 2
\end{highlights}
\end{comment}
\begin{keyword}
%% keywords here, in the form: keyword \sep keyword
keyword 1 \sep keyword 2 \sep keyword 3 \sep keyword 4 \sep keyword 5
%% PACS codes here, in the form: \PACS code \sep code
%\PACS 0000 \sep 1111
%% MSC codes here, in the form: \MSC code \sep code
%% or \MSC[2008] code \sep code (2000 is the default)
%MSC 0000 \sep 1111
\end{keyword}
\end{frontmatter}
\thispagestyle{empty} % Remove page number and header/footer on the first page
%% \linenumbers
%\input{sections/00_nomecl}
\input{sections/01_intro}
\input{sections/02_results}
\input{sections/03_conclusion}
%% If you have bibdatabase file and want bibtex to generate the
%% bibitems, please use
%%
\bibliographystyle{elsarticle-num}
\bibliography{refs}
%% else use the following coding to input the bibitems directly in the
%% TeX file.
% \begin{thebibliography}{00}
% %% \bibitem{label}
% %% Text of bibliographic item
% \bibitem{}
% \end{thebibliography}
\end{document}
\endinput
%%
%% End of file `elsarticle-template-num.tex'.
The problem is that when using \begin{table*}[H] the table disappears. When just using \begin{table*} the table is being displayed in the middle of the next page which is not what I want. I want it to be displayed at the place where it is defined in the code. So I use the [H] but this does not work. Do you know how I can place the table at the position where it is defined?
\begin{table}and\end{table}and use\captionofinstead of\caption. Then the table doesn't float, i.e., will be placed at the position where it is first seen regardless of whether there is space or not.\begin{table*}[h](with lower caseh) or maybetorb, that might already work and is a bit less drastic than not using a float at all.floatdoes not support float typeHfor floats over two columns liketable*orfigure*. Usuallytable*andfigure*only support float optionstandp.