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I am looking to insert a latex table into an .rmd file. However, when I try to compile the pdf I receive this error (I have been able to reproduce the table in overleaf).

--- title: "Test" author: "me" date: "1/27/2019" output: pdf_document: keep_tex: yes --- ## Table \begin{table}[] \centering \begin{tabular}{|l|c|c|} \hline & Sad & Happy \\ \hline Short & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Sam\\ Beth\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Jim\\ Sara\end{tabular} \\ \hline Tall & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Erin\\ Ted\end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}[c]{@{}l@{}}Bob\\ Ava\end{tabular} \\ \hline \end{tabular} \caption{My caption} \label{my-label} \end{table} #ERROR ! Misplaced \noalign. \hline ->\noalign {\ifnum 0=`}\fi \hrule \@height \arrayrulewidth \futurelet... l.105 \textbackslash{} \hline Tall \&

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I am not quite sure about why this error occurs. Another solution is to use kable in combination with the package kableExtra:

```{r} library(knitr) library(kableExtra) df <- data.frame(Cat = c("Short", "Tall"), Sad = linebreak(c("Sam\nBeth", "Erin\nTed")), Happy = linebreak(c("Jim\nSara", "Bob\nAva"))) kable(df, col.names = c("", "Sad", "Happy"), escape = F, caption = "My caption") %>% kable_styling(latex_options = "hold_position") ```

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This seems like it might be the way to go, but I still wish I knew what was throwing the error. Something with Pandoc?
Errors related to alignment in tables are sometimes related to a missing latex package liked {dcolumn}. kableExtra automatically adds a bunch of latex packages to the preamble and that might explain why the kableExtra solution works. Maybe try adding to the YAML / preamble: header-includes: ` \usepackage{dcolumn}`
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Errors related to alignment in tables are sometimes related to a missing latex package like dcolumn. kableExtra automatically adds a bunch of latex packages to the preamble and that might explain why the kableExtra solution works. Maybe try loading the dcolumn package in the YAML / preamble:

--- title: "Test" author: "me" date: "1/27/2019" output: pdf_document: keep_tex: yes header-includes: \usepackage{dcolumn} ---
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