Redundant \cmidrule commands in formal tables

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Am Freitag, den 18.09.2020, 17:53 +1200 schrieb Andrew Parsloe:
> I notice when creating a title for a number of columns in a formal
> table 
> that the \cmidrule command is needlessly duplicated:
> 
> \begin{tabular}{ccccc}
> \toprule
>   & \multicolumn{4}{c}{title}\tabularnewline
> \cmidrule{2-5} \cmidrule{3-5} \cmidrule{4-5} \cmidrule{5-5}
> x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\tabularnewline
> \midrule
> 1 & b & l & a & h\tabularnewline
> 2 & b & l & a & h\tabularnewline
> \bottomrule
> \end{tabular}
> 
> Although the table compiles without problems, \cmidrule{2-5}
> suffices.

Please post a minimal example file.

Jürgen

> 
> Andrew
> 
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