Drawing arrows from one table cell reference to another












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I use the following code to manually draw arrows from one table cell to another.



documentclass{beamer}
beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
usepackage{verbatim}
usepackage{tikz}
usepackage{pgfplots}
usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning}
begin{document}
begin{frame}[t]
frametitle{}
begin{minipage}{textwidth}
begin{table}
begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
end{tabular}
end{table}
begin{minipage}{textwidth}
begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
draw<2-> [ultra thick, blue, latex'-] (4.1,1.66) -- +(0:.4);
draw<3-> [ultra thick, red, -latex'] (5.2,2.66) -- +(-74:1.4);
end{tikzpicture}
end{minipage}
end{minipage}
end{frame}
end{document}


enter image description here



Is it possible to automate drawing the arrows from one table cell to another, using cell references instead of manually drawing them?










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    I use the following code to manually draw arrows from one table cell to another.



    documentclass{beamer}
    beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
    usepackage{verbatim}
    usepackage{tikz}
    usepackage{pgfplots}
    usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning}
    begin{document}
    begin{frame}[t]
    frametitle{}
    begin{minipage}{textwidth}
    begin{table}
    begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
    15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
    17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
    10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
    23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
    13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
    end{tabular}
    end{table}
    begin{minipage}{textwidth}
    begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
    draw<2-> [ultra thick, blue, latex'-] (4.1,1.66) -- +(0:.4);
    draw<3-> [ultra thick, red, -latex'] (5.2,2.66) -- +(-74:1.4);
    end{tikzpicture}
    end{minipage}
    end{minipage}
    end{frame}
    end{document}


    enter image description here



    Is it possible to automate drawing the arrows from one table cell to another, using cell references instead of manually drawing them?










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      I use the following code to manually draw arrows from one table cell to another.



      documentclass{beamer}
      beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
      usepackage{verbatim}
      usepackage{tikz}
      usepackage{pgfplots}
      usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning}
      begin{document}
      begin{frame}[t]
      frametitle{}
      begin{minipage}{textwidth}
      begin{table}
      begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
      15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
      17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
      10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
      23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
      13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
      end{tabular}
      end{table}
      begin{minipage}{textwidth}
      begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
      draw<2-> [ultra thick, blue, latex'-] (4.1,1.66) -- +(0:.4);
      draw<3-> [ultra thick, red, -latex'] (5.2,2.66) -- +(-74:1.4);
      end{tikzpicture}
      end{minipage}
      end{minipage}
      end{frame}
      end{document}


      enter image description here



      Is it possible to automate drawing the arrows from one table cell to another, using cell references instead of manually drawing them?










      share|improve this question














      I use the following code to manually draw arrows from one table cell to another.



      documentclass{beamer}
      beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
      usepackage{verbatim}
      usepackage{tikz}
      usepackage{pgfplots}
      usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning}
      begin{document}
      begin{frame}[t]
      frametitle{}
      begin{minipage}{textwidth}
      begin{table}
      begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
      15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
      17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
      10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
      23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
      13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
      end{tabular}
      end{table}
      begin{minipage}{textwidth}
      begin{tikzpicture}[overlay]
      draw<2-> [ultra thick, blue, latex'-] (4.1,1.66) -- +(0:.4);
      draw<3-> [ultra thick, red, -latex'] (5.2,2.66) -- +(-74:1.4);
      end{tikzpicture}
      end{minipage}
      end{minipage}
      end{frame}
      end{document}


      enter image description here



      Is it possible to automate drawing the arrows from one table cell to another, using cell references instead of manually drawing them?







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          Something like this?



          documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          In beamer, there may be some problems with matrix, as described here. Taking solutions from that question we have for example



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning, matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[fragile]
          frametitle{}
          begin{minipage}{textwidth}
          centering
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw<2-> [->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{minipage}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here





          Matrix is not really designed to draw a table, so drawing border lines is a bit tricky.



          documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix,calc}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          foreach i in {1,...,6}
          draw ($(x-1-i.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -- ($(x-5-i.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$);
          foreach i in {1,...,5}
          draw ($(x-i-1.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$) -- ($(x-i-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          draw ($(x-1-1.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -| ($(x-5-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

            – Hany
            1 hour ago













          • @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

            – Hany
            59 mins ago





















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          The obligatory tikzmark and beamer-overlay-styles answer. It might be more useful if you use more features of table, which are harder to reproduce with a tikz matrix.



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,overlay-beamer-styles}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[t]
          frametitle{}
          begin{table}
          begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
          15.1 & 23.7 & tikzmarknode{m13}{19.7} & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & tikzmarknode{m32}{26.1} & tikzmarknode{m33}{15.7} & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & tikzmarknode{m44}{18.3} & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
          end{tabular}
          end{table}
          begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
          draw[ultra thick, blue, -latex',visible on=<2->] (m13.south east) -- (m44.north west);
          draw[ultra thick, red, -latex',visible on=<3->] (m33) -- (m32);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

            – Hany
            55 mins ago











          • @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

            – marmot
            48 mins ago











          • @marmotThank you very much for your time

            – Hany
            43 mins ago












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          Something like this?



          documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          In beamer, there may be some problems with matrix, as described here. Taking solutions from that question we have for example



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning, matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[fragile]
          frametitle{}
          begin{minipage}{textwidth}
          centering
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw<2-> [->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{minipage}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here





          Matrix is not really designed to draw a table, so drawing border lines is a bit tricky.



          documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix,calc}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          foreach i in {1,...,6}
          draw ($(x-1-i.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -- ($(x-5-i.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$);
          foreach i in {1,...,5}
          draw ($(x-i-1.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$) -- ($(x-i-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          draw ($(x-1-1.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -| ($(x-5-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

            – Hany
            1 hour ago













          • @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

            – Hany
            59 mins ago


















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          Something like this?



          documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          In beamer, there may be some problems with matrix, as described here. Taking solutions from that question we have for example



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning, matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[fragile]
          frametitle{}
          begin{minipage}{textwidth}
          centering
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw<2-> [->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{minipage}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here





          Matrix is not really designed to draw a table, so drawing border lines is a bit tricky.



          documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix,calc}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          foreach i in {1,...,6}
          draw ($(x-1-i.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -- ($(x-5-i.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$);
          foreach i in {1,...,5}
          draw ($(x-i-1.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$) -- ($(x-i-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          draw ($(x-1-1.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -| ($(x-5-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer


























          • @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

            – Hany
            1 hour ago













          • @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

            – Hany
            59 mins ago
















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          Something like this?



          documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          In beamer, there may be some problems with matrix, as described here. Taking solutions from that question we have for example



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning, matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[fragile]
          frametitle{}
          begin{minipage}{textwidth}
          centering
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw<2-> [->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{minipage}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here





          Matrix is not really designed to draw a table, so drawing border lines is a bit tricky.



          documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix,calc}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          foreach i in {1,...,6}
          draw ($(x-1-i.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -- ($(x-5-i.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$);
          foreach i in {1,...,5}
          draw ($(x-i-1.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$) -- ($(x-i-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          draw ($(x-1-1.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -| ($(x-5-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          Something like this?



          documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here



          In beamer, there may be some problems with matrix, as described here. Taking solutions from that question we have for example



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows, arrows.meta, positioning, matrix}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[fragile]
          frametitle{}
          begin{minipage}{textwidth}
          centering
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw<2-> [->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{minipage}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here





          Matrix is not really designed to draw a table, so drawing border lines is a bit tricky.



          documentclass[tikz,margin=1mm]{standalone}
          usetikzlibrary{matrix,calc}
          begin{document}
          begin{tikzpicture}
          matrix (x) [matrix of nodes,row sep=1em,column sep=1em] {%
          15.1 & 23.7 & 19.7 & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & 26.1 & 15.7 & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & 18.3 & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\};
          draw[->] (x-2-1) -- (x-4-5);
          % Node names: (<name of matrix>-<row>-<column>)
          foreach i in {1,...,6}
          draw ($(x-1-i.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -- ($(x-5-i.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$);
          foreach i in {1,...,5}
          draw ($(x-i-1.south west)+(-.5em,-.5em)$) -- ($(x-i-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          draw ($(x-1-1.north west)+(-.5em,.5em)$) -| ($(x-5-6.south east)+(.5em,-.5em)$);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{document}


          enter image description here







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          edited 33 mins ago

























          answered 1 hour ago









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          • @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

            – Hany
            1 hour ago













          • @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

            – Hany
            59 mins ago





















          • @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

            – Hany
            1 hour ago













          • @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

            – Hany
            1 hour ago











          • @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

            – Hany
            59 mins ago



















          @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

          – Hany
          1 hour ago





          @JouleVThank you for your answer. Unfortunately when I inserted your code inside a frame it gave me error message "! Undefined control sequence. <argument> pgf@matrix@last@nextcell@options "

          – Hany
          1 hour ago













          yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

          – Hany
          1 hour ago





          yes I added usetikzlibrary{matrix} in the preamble

          – Hany
          1 hour ago













          @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

          – Hany
          1 hour ago







          @JouleVShall I add the code into my post!

          – Hany
          1 hour ago















          @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

          – Hany
          1 hour ago





          @JouleVYes. Thank you very much. That was the problem.

          – Hany
          1 hour ago













          @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

          – Hany
          59 mins ago







          @JouleVJust one more request please. Can the matrix contain borders between elements so that it could look like a table with lines betwen cells

          – Hany
          59 mins ago













          3














          The obligatory tikzmark and beamer-overlay-styles answer. It might be more useful if you use more features of table, which are harder to reproduce with a tikz matrix.



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,overlay-beamer-styles}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[t]
          frametitle{}
          begin{table}
          begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
          15.1 & 23.7 & tikzmarknode{m13}{19.7} & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & tikzmarknode{m32}{26.1} & tikzmarknode{m33}{15.7} & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & tikzmarknode{m44}{18.3} & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
          end{tabular}
          end{table}
          begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
          draw[ultra thick, blue, -latex',visible on=<2->] (m13.south east) -- (m44.north west);
          draw[ultra thick, red, -latex',visible on=<3->] (m33) -- (m32);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






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          • @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

            – Hany
            55 mins ago











          • @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

            – marmot
            48 mins ago











          • @marmotThank you very much for your time

            – Hany
            43 mins ago
















          3














          The obligatory tikzmark and beamer-overlay-styles answer. It might be more useful if you use more features of table, which are harder to reproduce with a tikz matrix.



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,overlay-beamer-styles}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[t]
          frametitle{}
          begin{table}
          begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
          15.1 & 23.7 & tikzmarknode{m13}{19.7} & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & tikzmarknode{m32}{26.1} & tikzmarknode{m33}{15.7} & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & tikzmarknode{m44}{18.3} & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
          end{tabular}
          end{table}
          begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
          draw[ultra thick, blue, -latex',visible on=<2->] (m13.south east) -- (m44.north west);
          draw[ultra thick, red, -latex',visible on=<3->] (m33) -- (m32);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer
























          • @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

            – Hany
            55 mins ago











          • @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

            – marmot
            48 mins ago











          • @marmotThank you very much for your time

            – Hany
            43 mins ago














          3












          3








          3







          The obligatory tikzmark and beamer-overlay-styles answer. It might be more useful if you use more features of table, which are harder to reproduce with a tikz matrix.



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,overlay-beamer-styles}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[t]
          frametitle{}
          begin{table}
          begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
          15.1 & 23.7 & tikzmarknode{m13}{19.7} & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & tikzmarknode{m32}{26.1} & tikzmarknode{m33}{15.7} & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & tikzmarknode{m44}{18.3} & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
          end{tabular}
          end{table}
          begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
          draw[ultra thick, blue, -latex',visible on=<2->] (m13.south east) -- (m44.north west);
          draw[ultra thick, red, -latex',visible on=<3->] (m33) -- (m32);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          The obligatory tikzmark and beamer-overlay-styles answer. It might be more useful if you use more features of table, which are harder to reproduce with a tikz matrix.



          documentclass{beamer}
          beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty
          usepackage{verbatim}
          usepackage{tikz}
          usetikzlibrary{tikzmark,overlay-beamer-styles}
          usetikzlibrary{arrows}
          begin{document}
          begin{frame}[t]
          frametitle{}
          begin{table}
          begin{tabular}{*6{c}}
          15.1 & 23.7 & tikzmarknode{m13}{19.7} & 15.4 & 18.3 & 23.0\
          17.4 & 18.6 & 12.9 & 20.3 & 13.7 & 21.4\
          10.3 & tikzmarknode{m32}{26.1} & tikzmarknode{m33}{15.7} & 14.0 & 17.8 & 33.8\
          23.2 & 12.9 & 29.8 & tikzmarknode{m44}{18.3} & 14.2 & 20.8\
          13.5 & 17.1 & 20.7 & 27.1 & 18.9 & 16.6\
          end{tabular}
          end{table}
          begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
          draw[ultra thick, blue, -latex',visible on=<2->] (m13.south east) -- (m44.north west);
          draw[ultra thick, red, -latex',visible on=<3->] (m33) -- (m32);
          end{tikzpicture}
          end{frame}
          end{document}


          enter image description here







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          answered 1 hour ago









          marmotmarmot

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          • @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

            – Hany
            55 mins ago











          • @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

            – marmot
            48 mins ago











          • @marmotThank you very much for your time

            – Hany
            43 mins ago



















          • @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

            – Hany
            55 mins ago











          • @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

            – marmot
            48 mins ago











          • @marmotThank you very much for your time

            – Hany
            43 mins ago

















          @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

          – Hany
          55 mins ago





          @marmotThank you very much for your answer. Unfortunately I can not install tikzmark package on my workplace computer for security reasons.

          – Hany
          55 mins ago













          @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

          – marmot
          48 mins ago





          @Hany I understand. You could also use Torbjørn T.'s tikznode command. This answer is public and may help some who have a more complicated table with, say, right-aligned cells and so on to annotate their table. For your purposes Joule V.s nice answer does a great job (and has certain advantages over ordinary tables when it comes to other questions like fitting some nodes in an ellipse on the background).

          – marmot
          48 mins ago













          @marmotThank you very much for your time

          – Hany
          43 mins ago





          @marmotThank you very much for your time

          – Hany
          43 mins ago


















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