Diagonal Line Across a Table Without Splitting












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I am new to latex and I need to create something as shown in the picture.
enter image description here



So far this is what i can create. Please keep the code simple



begin{center}
begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}hline
$ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
end{tabular}
end{center}









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    I am new to latex and I need to create something as shown in the picture.
    enter image description here



    So far this is what i can create. Please keep the code simple



    begin{center}
    begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}hline
    $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
    1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
    2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
    3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
    4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
    end{tabular}
    end{center}









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      I am new to latex and I need to create something as shown in the picture.
      enter image description here



      So far this is what i can create. Please keep the code simple



      begin{center}
      begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}hline
      $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
      1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
      2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
      3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
      4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
      end{tabular}
      end{center}









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      I am new to latex and I need to create something as shown in the picture.
      enter image description here



      So far this is what i can create. Please keep the code simple



      begin{center}
      begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}hline
      $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
      1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
      2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
      3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
      4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
      end{tabular}
      end{center}






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          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{begin{tabular}{|c!{color{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[thick,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Or with selected lines thicker but slightly more complicated code.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          newlength{savedwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{globalsavedwidtharrayrulewidth % p. 6 of colortbl docu
          arrayrulewidth0.2pt
          begin{tabular}{|c!{arrayrulewidth0.8ptcolor{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          noalign{globalsetlengtharrayrulewidth{0.8pt}}%
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}noalign{globalarrayrulewidth0.2pt}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}globalarrayrulewidthsavedwidth
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[line width=0.8pt,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm,shorten >=1pt] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • Yes thank you so much

            – Sam Bluez
            39 mins ago











          • @SamBluez You're welcome!

            – marmot
            38 mins ago











          • just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

            – Sam Bluez
            22 mins ago













          • @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

            – marmot
            1 min ago











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          Welcome to TeX.SE! Something like this?



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{begin{tabular}{|c!{color{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[thick,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Or with selected lines thicker but slightly more complicated code.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          newlength{savedwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{globalsavedwidtharrayrulewidth % p. 6 of colortbl docu
          arrayrulewidth0.2pt
          begin{tabular}{|c!{arrayrulewidth0.8ptcolor{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          noalign{globalsetlengtharrayrulewidth{0.8pt}}%
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}noalign{globalarrayrulewidth0.2pt}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}globalarrayrulewidthsavedwidth
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[line width=0.8pt,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm,shorten >=1pt] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • Yes thank you so much

            – Sam Bluez
            39 mins ago











          • @SamBluez You're welcome!

            – marmot
            38 mins ago











          • just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

            – Sam Bluez
            22 mins ago













          • @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

            – marmot
            1 min ago
















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          Welcome to TeX.SE! Something like this?



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{begin{tabular}{|c!{color{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[thick,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Or with selected lines thicker but slightly more complicated code.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          newlength{savedwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{globalsavedwidtharrayrulewidth % p. 6 of colortbl docu
          arrayrulewidth0.2pt
          begin{tabular}{|c!{arrayrulewidth0.8ptcolor{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          noalign{globalsetlengtharrayrulewidth{0.8pt}}%
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}noalign{globalarrayrulewidth0.2pt}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}globalarrayrulewidthsavedwidth
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[line width=0.8pt,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm,shorten >=1pt] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer


























          • Yes thank you so much

            – Sam Bluez
            39 mins ago











          • @SamBluez You're welcome!

            – marmot
            38 mins ago











          • just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

            – Sam Bluez
            22 mins ago













          • @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

            – marmot
            1 min ago














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          Welcome to TeX.SE! Something like this?



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{begin{tabular}{|c!{color{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[thick,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Or with selected lines thicker but slightly more complicated code.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          newlength{savedwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{globalsavedwidtharrayrulewidth % p. 6 of colortbl docu
          arrayrulewidth0.2pt
          begin{tabular}{|c!{arrayrulewidth0.8ptcolor{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          noalign{globalsetlengtharrayrulewidth{0.8pt}}%
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}noalign{globalarrayrulewidth0.2pt}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}globalarrayrulewidthsavedwidth
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[line width=0.8pt,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm,shorten >=1pt] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer















          Welcome to TeX.SE! Something like this?



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{begin{tabular}{|c!{color{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[thick,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          Or with selected lines thicker but slightly more complicated code.



          documentclass{article}
          usepackage{colortbl}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark}
          newlength{savedwidth}
          begin{document}
          begin{center}
          tikzmarknode{tab}{globalsavedwidtharrayrulewidth % p. 6 of colortbl docu
          arrayrulewidth0.2pt
          begin{tabular}{|c!{arrayrulewidth0.8ptcolor{red}vline}c|c|c|c|}hline
          $ star $ & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\
          noalign{globalsetlengtharrayrulewidth{0.8pt}}%
          arrayrulecolor{red}hlinearrayrulecolor{black}noalign{globalarrayrulewidth0.2pt}
          1 & 4 & 3 & 2 & 1\ hline
          2 & 3 & 1 & 4 & 2\ hline
          3 & 2 & 4 & 1 & 3\ hline
          4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4\ hline
          end{tabular}}globalarrayrulewidthsavedwidth
          begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
          draw[line width=0.8pt,green!60!black,shorten <=6mm,shorten >=1pt] (tab.north west) -- (tab.south east);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{center}
          end{document}


          enter image description here







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          • Yes thank you so much

            – Sam Bluez
            39 mins ago











          • @SamBluez You're welcome!

            – marmot
            38 mins ago











          • just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

            – Sam Bluez
            22 mins ago













          • @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

            – marmot
            1 min ago



















          • Yes thank you so much

            – Sam Bluez
            39 mins ago











          • @SamBluez You're welcome!

            – marmot
            38 mins ago











          • just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

            – Sam Bluez
            22 mins ago













          • @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

            – marmot
            1 min ago

















          Yes thank you so much

          – Sam Bluez
          39 mins ago





          Yes thank you so much

          – Sam Bluez
          39 mins ago













          @SamBluez You're welcome!

          – marmot
          38 mins ago





          @SamBluez You're welcome!

          – marmot
          38 mins ago













          just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

          – Sam Bluez
          22 mins ago







          just a question. Can i tweak this to draw a: vertical line across column 5 and a horizontal line across row 5 instead of the diagonal line, so i can use it in my next example. also the horizontal and vertical lines should start from the second element ie not include the top row and left column

          – Sam Bluez
          22 mins ago















          @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

          – marmot
          1 min ago





          @SamBluez Would you mind asking a separate, i.e. new question for that? ( I am going to bed and there are so many experts around who will help you.)

          – marmot
          1 min ago










          Sam Bluez is a new contributor. Be nice, and check out our Code of Conduct.










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