Center align columns in table ignoring minus signs?












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I have some tables of numbers, most of which are small (0, 1, -1), but occasionally I have fractions. If I just has 0, 1, -1's I'd right align so the $-$ signs will line up, but the fractions throw things off. Center align doesn't look great either, nor does left align. Here is a small example of a right and center align: tables



begin{tabular}{rr}
$frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
$1$ & $-1$ \
$-1$ & $0$ \
end{tabular}
quad
begin{tabular}{cc}
$frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
$1$ & $-1$ \
$-1$ & $0$ \
end{tabular}


Can I center align the numbers without the signs, so the top two rows will look like they do on the right in the example above, and the bottom two rows will look like the do on the left in the above example?










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    I have some tables of numbers, most of which are small (0, 1, -1), but occasionally I have fractions. If I just has 0, 1, -1's I'd right align so the $-$ signs will line up, but the fractions throw things off. Center align doesn't look great either, nor does left align. Here is a small example of a right and center align: tables



    begin{tabular}{rr}
    $frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
    $1$ & $-1$ \
    $-1$ & $0$ \
    end{tabular}
    quad
    begin{tabular}{cc}
    $frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
    $1$ & $-1$ \
    $-1$ & $0$ \
    end{tabular}


    Can I center align the numbers without the signs, so the top two rows will look like they do on the right in the example above, and the bottom two rows will look like the do on the left in the above example?










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      I have some tables of numbers, most of which are small (0, 1, -1), but occasionally I have fractions. If I just has 0, 1, -1's I'd right align so the $-$ signs will line up, but the fractions throw things off. Center align doesn't look great either, nor does left align. Here is a small example of a right and center align: tables



      begin{tabular}{rr}
      $frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
      $1$ & $-1$ \
      $-1$ & $0$ \
      end{tabular}
      quad
      begin{tabular}{cc}
      $frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
      $1$ & $-1$ \
      $-1$ & $0$ \
      end{tabular}


      Can I center align the numbers without the signs, so the top two rows will look like they do on the right in the example above, and the bottom two rows will look like the do on the left in the above example?










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      I have some tables of numbers, most of which are small (0, 1, -1), but occasionally I have fractions. If I just has 0, 1, -1's I'd right align so the $-$ signs will line up, but the fractions throw things off. Center align doesn't look great either, nor does left align. Here is a small example of a right and center align: tables



      begin{tabular}{rr}
      $frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
      $1$ & $-1$ \
      $-1$ & $0$ \
      end{tabular}
      quad
      begin{tabular}{cc}
      $frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
      $1$ & $-1$ \
      $-1$ & $0$ \
      end{tabular}


      Can I center align the numbers without the signs, so the top two rows will look like they do on the right in the example above, and the bottom two rows will look like the do on the left in the above example?







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          With phantom you can insert an invisible -:



          enter image description here



          documentclass{article}

          begin{document}
          begin{tabular}{cc}
          $phantom{-}frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
          $phantom{-}1$ & $-1$ \
          $-1$ & $phantom{-}0$ \
          end{tabular}
          end{document}


          If your table contains only (mostly) math, you might want to use array instead of tabular.






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            documentclass{article}

            usepackage{mathtools}

            begin{document}

            begin{tabular}{cc}
            $frac 1{24}$ & $mathllap-frac 1{24}$ \
            $1$ & $mathllap-1$ \
            $mathllap-1$ & $0$ \
            end{tabular}

            end{document}





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              Here I make - active (inside a limited group) and define it as a mathllap. I use a TABstack with enough column separation to allow for the -.



              documentclass{article}
              usepackage{tabstackengine,mathtools}
              TABstackMath
              begin{document}
              bgroup
              setstackgap{L}{16pt}
              setstacktabbedgap{13pt}
              letsvm-
              catcode`-=active
              def-{mathllap{svm}}
              Matrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0}
              quadMatrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0 }
              egroup
              end{document}


              enter image description here






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                With phantom you can insert an invisible -:



                enter image description here



                documentclass{article}

                begin{document}
                begin{tabular}{cc}
                $phantom{-}frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
                $phantom{-}1$ & $-1$ \
                $-1$ & $phantom{-}0$ \
                end{tabular}
                end{document}


                If your table contains only (mostly) math, you might want to use array instead of tabular.






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                  2














                  With phantom you can insert an invisible -:



                  enter image description here



                  documentclass{article}

                  begin{document}
                  begin{tabular}{cc}
                  $phantom{-}frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
                  $phantom{-}1$ & $-1$ \
                  $-1$ & $phantom{-}0$ \
                  end{tabular}
                  end{document}


                  If your table contains only (mostly) math, you might want to use array instead of tabular.






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                    With phantom you can insert an invisible -:



                    enter image description here



                    documentclass{article}

                    begin{document}
                    begin{tabular}{cc}
                    $phantom{-}frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
                    $phantom{-}1$ & $-1$ \
                    $-1$ & $phantom{-}0$ \
                    end{tabular}
                    end{document}


                    If your table contains only (mostly) math, you might want to use array instead of tabular.






                    share|improve this answer













                    With phantom you can insert an invisible -:



                    enter image description here



                    documentclass{article}

                    begin{document}
                    begin{tabular}{cc}
                    $phantom{-}frac 1{24}$ & $-frac 1{24}$ \
                    $phantom{-}1$ & $-1$ \
                    $-1$ & $phantom{-}0$ \
                    end{tabular}
                    end{document}


                    If your table contains only (mostly) math, you might want to use array instead of tabular.







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                        documentclass{article}

                        usepackage{mathtools}

                        begin{document}

                        begin{tabular}{cc}
                        $frac 1{24}$ & $mathllap-frac 1{24}$ \
                        $1$ & $mathllap-1$ \
                        $mathllap-1$ & $0$ \
                        end{tabular}

                        end{document}





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                          documentclass{article}

                          usepackage{mathtools}

                          begin{document}

                          begin{tabular}{cc}
                          $frac 1{24}$ & $mathllap-frac 1{24}$ \
                          $1$ & $mathllap-1$ \
                          $mathllap-1$ & $0$ \
                          end{tabular}

                          end{document}





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                            documentclass{article}

                            usepackage{mathtools}

                            begin{document}

                            begin{tabular}{cc}
                            $frac 1{24}$ & $mathllap-frac 1{24}$ \
                            $1$ & $mathllap-1$ \
                            $mathllap-1$ & $0$ \
                            end{tabular}

                            end{document}





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                            enter image description here



                            documentclass{article}

                            usepackage{mathtools}

                            begin{document}

                            begin{tabular}{cc}
                            $frac 1{24}$ & $mathllap-frac 1{24}$ \
                            $1$ & $mathllap-1$ \
                            $mathllap-1$ & $0$ \
                            end{tabular}

                            end{document}






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                                Here I make - active (inside a limited group) and define it as a mathllap. I use a TABstack with enough column separation to allow for the -.



                                documentclass{article}
                                usepackage{tabstackengine,mathtools}
                                TABstackMath
                                begin{document}
                                bgroup
                                setstackgap{L}{16pt}
                                setstacktabbedgap{13pt}
                                letsvm-
                                catcode`-=active
                                def-{mathllap{svm}}
                                Matrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0}
                                quadMatrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0 }
                                egroup
                                end{document}


                                enter image description here






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                                  Here I make - active (inside a limited group) and define it as a mathllap. I use a TABstack with enough column separation to allow for the -.



                                  documentclass{article}
                                  usepackage{tabstackengine,mathtools}
                                  TABstackMath
                                  begin{document}
                                  bgroup
                                  setstackgap{L}{16pt}
                                  setstacktabbedgap{13pt}
                                  letsvm-
                                  catcode`-=active
                                  def-{mathllap{svm}}
                                  Matrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0}
                                  quadMatrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0 }
                                  egroup
                                  end{document}


                                  enter image description here






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                                    Here I make - active (inside a limited group) and define it as a mathllap. I use a TABstack with enough column separation to allow for the -.



                                    documentclass{article}
                                    usepackage{tabstackengine,mathtools}
                                    TABstackMath
                                    begin{document}
                                    bgroup
                                    setstackgap{L}{16pt}
                                    setstacktabbedgap{13pt}
                                    letsvm-
                                    catcode`-=active
                                    def-{mathllap{svm}}
                                    Matrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0}
                                    quadMatrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0 }
                                    egroup
                                    end{document}


                                    enter image description here






                                    share|improve this answer















                                    Here I make - active (inside a limited group) and define it as a mathllap. I use a TABstack with enough column separation to allow for the -.



                                    documentclass{article}
                                    usepackage{tabstackengine,mathtools}
                                    TABstackMath
                                    begin{document}
                                    bgroup
                                    setstackgap{L}{16pt}
                                    setstacktabbedgap{13pt}
                                    letsvm-
                                    catcode`-=active
                                    def-{mathllap{svm}}
                                    Matrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0}
                                    quadMatrixstack{frac 1{24} & -frac 1{24} \ 1 & -1 \ -1 & 0 }
                                    egroup
                                    end{document}


                                    enter image description here







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