Basically, I want to produce the following table in LaTeX (Notice the "comma alignment" of the second cell) :
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| Header1 | Header2 |
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| 1 | "value 1" , "value 2" |
| 2 | "one" , "two" |
| 3 | "abcdefheasal" , "ok" |
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The way I would produce the table above in LaTeX is as follows:
\begin{tabular}{|c|l|}
\hline
Header1 & Header2 \\
\hline
1 & ``value 1'' , ``value 2'' \\
2 & ``one'' , ``two'' \\
3 & ``abcdefheasal'' , ``ok'' \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
But obviously, that code produces the following (obviously without the "comma alignment") :
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| Header1 | Header2 |
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| 1 | "value 1" , "value 2" |
| 2 | "one" , "two" |
| 3 | "abcdefheasal" , "ok" |
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What is the best way to turn the latter table into the one I want? i.e. the former
As a modification to Martin B's answer, consider using the @ sign to make a column separator:
\begin{tabular}{|c|l@{ , }l|}
\hline
Header1 & \multicolumn{2}{l|}{Header2} \\
\hline
1 & ``value 1'' & ``value 2'' \\
2 & ``one'' & ``two'' \\
3 & ``abcdefheasal'' & ``ok'' \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
Also note that an extra pipe is needed in the multicolumn to draw the vertical line on the first row.