[texhax] Drawing a Likert scale

[Philip G. Ratcliffe]

>     I'm trying to write a set of macros to draw Likert scales, which
> look something like this:
>
>     |__|__|__|__|
>     |  |  |  |  |
>
>     A  B  C  D  E
>
>     However, I can't seem to get the alignment in the tabular
> environment to work right.  I've tried (example reduced to 2 items):
>
> \begin{tabular}{cccccc}
> 	& \vline\rule{0cm}{0.2cm} & & & \vline\rule{0cm}{0.2cm} & \\
> 	\cline{2-5}
> 	& \vline\rule{0cm}{0.2cm} & & & \vline\rule{0cm}{0.2cm} & \\
> 	\multicolumn{3}{c}{A} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{B} \\
> \end{tabular}
>
>    But the centerline overhangs the ends, like so:
>
>    _|__|_
>     |  |
>
>     A  B
>
>     Changing the first line to "\begin{tabular}{cc@{}ccc@{}c}" results in:
>
>    _|__|
>     |  |
>    A  B
>
>     Which is also just not right.
>
>     Can anyone help?

Try this

\begin{tabular}{|p{2em}|p{2em}|l}
  & & \\
  \cline{1-2}
  & & \\
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{\llap{A\,}} &
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{\llap{B\,}} &
  \multicolumn{1}{l}{\llap{C\,}} \\
\end{tabular}

Cheers,  Phil Ratcliffe