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This is an example picture. I want to make my table like that.

Here what I am doing.

documentclass{svjour3}

usepackage{tabularx}

captionsetup{labelfont=bf, justification=raggedleft, singlelinecheck=false, position=above}



begin{document}



begin{table}[ht]

caption{Definitions of symbols}

label{Symbols}       % Give a unique label

begin{tabular}{ll}

hlinenoalign{smallskip}

    {Symbol} & {Definition} \

noalign{smallskip}hlinenoalign{smallskip}

    {$mathcal{G}$} & Graph \

    {$mathcal{M}$} & Adjacency matrix \

    {$N$} & Vertices \

    {$E$} & Edges \

noalign{smallskip}hline

end{tabular}

end{table}



end{document}

A solution that uses the sidecap package:

documentclass{article}

usepackage{tabularx,caption}

usepackage[leftcaption]{sidecap}

captionsetup{labelfont=bf, justification=raggedleft, singlelinecheck=false}



begin{document}

renewcommand{sidecaptionsep}{1cm} % to be adjusted

begin{SCtable}[ht]

caption{Definitions of symbols}

label{Symbols}       % Give a unique label

begin{tabular}{ll}

hlinenoalign{smallskip}

    {Symbol} & {Definition} \

noalign{smallskip}hlinenoalign{smallskip}

    {$mathcal{G}$} & Graph \

    {$mathcal{M}$} & Adjacency matrix \

    {$N$} & Vertices \

    {$E$} & Edges \

noalign{smallskip}hline

end{tabular}

end{SCtable} 



end{document}

with help of floatrow:

documentclass{svjour3}

usepackage{booktabs}

usepackage{floatrow}



begin{document}

begin{table}[htb]

floatbox[{capbesidethisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={left,top},capbesidewidth=4cm}}]{table}[FBwidth]

{caption{A test figure with its caption side by side}label{fig:test}}

{begin{tabular}{ll}

    toprule

Symbol          &   Definition          \

    midrule

$mathcal{G}$   &   Graph               \

$mathcal{M}$   &   Adjacency matrix    \

$N$             &   Vertices            \

$E$             &   Edges               \

    bottomrule

 end{tabular}}

end{table}



or



begin{table}[htb]

floatbox[{capbesidethisfloatsetup{capbesideposition={right,top},capbesidewidth=4cm}}]{table}[FBwidth]

{caption{A test figure with its caption side by side}label{fig:test}}

{begin{tabular}{ll}

    toprule

Symbol          &   Definition          \

    midrule

$mathcal{G}$   &   Graph               \

$mathcal{M}$   &   Adjacency matrix    \

$N$             &   Vertices            \

$E$             &   Edges               \

    bottomrule

 end{tabular}}

end{table}



end{document}