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I've reveiwed all the other threads on this topic and have not been able to figure it out. It must be something I'm completely missing.

I recieved the error above "Extra alignment tab has been changed to cr. }"

Here's a full reproducible code snippet

begin{table}[h!]

    resizebox{5in}{!}{

        begin{tabular}[h!]{|c||c|c|c|||c|c|c|}

            hline

            multicolumn{}{|c||}{Dataset} &

            multicolumn{3}{c|||}{A} &

            multicolumn{3}{c|}{B} &  

            hline





            bfseries Year & bfseries parameter & bfseries gof & bfseries p-value & bfseries parameter & bfseries gof & bfseries p-value \

            hline





1998 & 1.2661         & 0.4046   & 0.57         & 1.2889            & 0.3214      & 0.7             \ hline

1999 & 1.2685         & 0.4049   & 0.58         & 1.2913            & 0.3225      & 0.71            \ hline

2000 & 1.2681         & 0.4053   & 0.57         & 1.2942            & 0.321       & 0.71            \ hline

2001 & 1.2679         & 0.4082   & 0.56         & 1.2896            & 0.3208      & 0.71            \ hline

2002 & 1.2666         & 0.4098   & 0.55         & 1.2907            & 0.321       & 0.71            \ hline

2003 & 1.2673         & 0.4096   & 0.55         & 1.2849            & 0.3203      & 0.71            \ hline

2004 & 1.2678         & 0.409    & 0.57         & 1.2866            & 0.3187      & 0.72            \ hline



        end{tabular}

    }

    caption[stuff]{morestuff}

    label{table:all.models}

end{table}

Can anyone see something I'm not seeing?

Thank you in advance!

The immediate source of the error message is the line

multicolumn{3}{c|}{B} &

It should be

multicolumn{3}{c|}{B} \

Two additional observations:

• multicolumn{}{|c||}{Dataset} isn't correct either. It should be either multicolumn{1}{|c||}{Dataset} or, much more simply, Dataset.




• The option [h!] in begin{tabular}[h!] is meaningless and simply ignored. Valid options are t ("top"), c ("center" -- the default), and b ("bottom").

Addendum: If this were my table, I would strive hard to give it a much more open "look", mainly by omitting all vertical lines and using fewer, but well spaced, horizontal lines. There's no need for the resizebox "sledge hammer". Use a tabular* environment instead. I would also not bold-face the header cells, and I'd give more structure to the table's header material, and I'd align the numbers in the numerical columns on their respective decimal markers.

These ideas are implemented in the second table below.

documentclass{article}

usepackage{graphicx}



usepackage{booktabs,siunitx}

begin{document}

begin{table}[h!]

resizebox{5in}{!}{%

begin{tabular}[h!]{|c||c|c|c||c|c|c|}

hline

Dataset &

multicolumn{3}{c||}{A} &

multicolumn{3}{c|}{B} \  

hline

bfseries Year & bfseries parameter & 

bfseries gof & bfseries p-value & 

bfseries parameter & bfseries gof & 

bfseries p-value \

hline

1998 & 1.2661 & 0.4046 & 0.57 & 1.2889 & 0.3214 & 0.7  \ hline

1999 & 1.2685 & 0.4049 & 0.58 & 1.2913 & 0.3225 & 0.71 \ hline

2000 & 1.2681 & 0.4053 & 0.57 & 1.2942 & 0.321  & 0.71 \ hline

2001 & 1.2679 & 0.4082 & 0.56 & 1.2896 & 0.3208 & 0.71 \ hline

2002 & 1.2666 & 0.4098 & 0.55 & 1.2907 & 0.321  & 0.71 \ hline

2003 & 1.2673 & 0.4096 & 0.55 & 1.2849 & 0.3203 & 0.71 \ hline

2004 & 1.2678 & 0.409  & 0.57 & 1.2866 & 0.3187 & 0.72 \ hline

end{tabular}

}% end of scope of resizebox instruction

caption[stuff]{morestuff}

label{table:all.models}

end{table}



begin{table}[h!]

setlengthtabcolsep{0pt}

begin{tabular*}{5in}{@{extracolsep{fill}} l 

    *{2}{*{2}{S[table-format=1.4]}S[table-format=1.2]} }

toprule

Year & multicolumn{6}{c}{Dataset} \

cmidrule{2-7}

& multicolumn{3}{c}{A} & multicolumn{3}{c}{B} \  

cmidrule{2-4} cmidrule{5-7}

& {Parameter} & {gof} & {p-value} & {Parameter} & {gof} & {p-value} \

midrule

1998 & 1.2661 & 0.4046 & 0.57 & 1.2889 & 0.3214 & 0.7  \ 

1999 & 1.2685 & 0.4049 & 0.58 & 1.2913 & 0.3225 & 0.71 \ 

2000 & 1.2681 & 0.4053 & 0.57 & 1.2942 & 0.321  & 0.71 \ 

2001 & 1.2679 & 0.4082 & 0.56 & 1.2896 & 0.3208 & 0.71 \ 

2002 & 1.2666 & 0.4098 & 0.55 & 1.2907 & 0.321  & 0.71 \ 

2003 & 1.2673 & 0.4096 & 0.55 & 1.2849 & 0.3203 & 0.71 \ 

2004 & 1.2678 & 0.409  & 0.57 & 1.2866 & 0.3187 & 0.72 \ bottomrule

end{tabular*}

caption{A much more ``open'' look}

label{table:another_look}

end{table}

end{document}

Off-topic:

I would design your table on the following way:

(red lines indicate text borders)

documentclass{article}

usepackage{booktabs, % for nicer horizontal rules (toprule, cmidrule, midrule,bottomrule)

            makecell} % for column headers (thesd)

renewcommandtheadfont{bfseriessmall}

renewcommandtheadgape{}

usepackage{siunitx}  % for S column type: numbers are aligned at decimal points



begin{document}

    begin{table}[h!]

    setlengthtabcolsep{0pt}

begin{tabular*}{linewidth}{@{extracolsep{fill}}

                         c

                    *{2}{S[table-format=1.4]}

                         S[table-format=1.2]

                    *{2}{S[table-format=1.4]}

                         S[table-format=1.2]

                            }

    toprule

Dataset & multicolumn{3}{c}{A} & multicolumn{3}{c}{B}     \

    cmidrule{2-4}cmidrule{5-7}

thead{Year}    & {thead{parameter}} & {thead{gof}} & {thead{p-value}}

                & {thead{parameter}} & {thead{gof}} & {thead{p-value}} \

    midrule

1998 & 1.2661   & 0.4046   & 0.57   & 1.2889    & 0.3214    & 0.7   \

1999 & 1.2685   & 0.4049   & 0.58   & 1.2913    & 0.3225    & 0.71  \

2000 & 1.2681   & 0.4053   & 0.57   & 1.2942    & 0.321     & 0.71  \

2001 & 1.2679   & 0.4082   & 0.56   & 1.2896    & 0.3208    & 0.71  \

2002 & 1.2666   & 0.4098   & 0.55   & 1.2907    & 0.321     & 0.71  \

2003 & 1.2673   & 0.4096   & 0.55   & 1.2849    & 0.3203    & 0.71  \

2004 & 1.2678   & 0.409    & 0.57   & 1.2866    & 0.3187    & 0.72  \

    bottomrule

    end{tabular*}

caption[stuff]{morestuff}

label{table:all.models}

    end{table}

end{document}