Error using \toprule \midrule from Booktabs package

Question

I am trying to use the package booktabs to make my tables look nicer. However, Latex gives me an error whenever I use \toprule \midrule or \bottomrule. Here is a simple example I created:

\documentclass[10pt,DIV=12,a4paper,numbers=noenddot]{scrreprt}


\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{booktabs} % To thicken table lines

\begin{document}

\begin{table}
    \begin{tabular}{ll}
    \topline
    Header 1 & Header 2\\
    \midline
    Body 1 & Body 2\\
    Body 3 & Body 4\\
    \bottomline
    \end{tabular}
    \end{table}

\end{document}

Here is the latex output:

http://www.text-upload.com/read.php?id=367245&c=7201095

I also browsed to /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/ to check if the package is really there. And it is. I cannot see why latex is throwing these errors. Can anyone help?

As you write in the title, the commands are \toprule, \midrule and \bottomrule, not the \topline, \midline and \bottomline that you're using in the table. — egreg, May 16 '12 at 15:31
Why is this closed? I'm having the exact issue mentioned in the question. — Kelly S. French, Nov 08 '16 at 15:49
You might be here looking for this answer regarding \toprule undefined control sequence. — Miladiouss, Nov 13 '19 at 00:07

score 11 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '12 at 15:31

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Change \topline to \toprule, and same with mid and bottom counterparts.

answered May 16 '12 at 15:31

Boris

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oh gosh. that worked. I found that example online in a forum and guessed it was working. So I looked for the error at my site. Many thanks. It looked like missed the forest for the trees... – Josh May 16 '12 at 15:35

Error using \toprule \midrule from Booktabs package

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