Inconsistencia en la tabla de contenido, la tabla con un dígito tiene un espacio diferente en comparación con dos dígitos

Question

Utilicé el siguiente código principal:

      \documentclass{report}

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% PACKAGES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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\usepackage{arabtex}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{ {images/} }
%\usepackage[a4paper, width = 150mm, top = 25mm, bottom = 25mm, bindingoffset = 4mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[a4paper,margin=2.5cm, left=4cm, top=2.5cm, right=2.5cm, bottom=2.5cm]{geometry}

\usepackage{sectsty}
\usepackage{titlesec}

\titleformat{\chapter}[display]
{\vspace{0cm}\filcenter}
{\filcenter \LARGE\bfseries
\chaptertitlename\ \justwords{\thechapter}}
{0ex}
{\vspace*{0ex}\filcenter\Huge\bfseries}
\def\justwords#1{\ifcase#1 \or ONE\or TWO\or THREE\or FOUR\or FIVE\fi}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-30pt}{10pt}

\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{tocloft}



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% Define a command for capital Roman numerals
\newcommand{\RomanNumeral}[1]{\uppercase\expandafter{\romannumeral#1\relax}}

% Redefine the chapter format for the table of contents
\renewcommand{\cftchapaftersnum}{-} % add a dot after the chapter number in TOC
\renewcommand{\cftchapleader}{\cftdotfill{ \cftdotsep}} % add dots to the page number
\renewcommand{\cftchappresnum}{\RomanNumeral} % use capital Roman numerals for chapter numbers




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\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{chngcntr}

\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}

% Adjust table numbering to be independent of chapters
\counterwithout{table}{chapter}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{setspace}\setstretch{2}
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
%\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[labelformat=simple]{subcaption}
\renewcommand\thesubfigure{\alph{subfigure})}



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% PRELIMINARY PAGES %%%%%%%
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\begin{document}


\thispagestyle{empty}

\pagebreak

\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{\fill}
\textcopyright\ 2023\\
 
All Rights Reserved \\
\end{center}

\pagenumbering{roman}\setcounter{page}{1}

\pagebreak

\chapter*{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}


\pagebreak
\begin{center}
\LARGE{} \vspace{1cm}
\Large{} \vspace{0cm}

\end{center}
\vspace{-\baselineskip}
\begingroup
{\let\clearpage\relax \chapter*{ABSTRACT}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ABSTRACT}
\endgroup

\newpage

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% TABLE OF CONTENT %%%%%%%%
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\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand*\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand*\listtablename{TABLE OF CONTENTS}

\tableofcontents

\newpage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand*\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
\listoftables
\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand*\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}

\listoffigures
\newpage


\pagenumbering{arabic}\setcounter{page}{1}
 \renewcommand{\chaptername}{CHAPTER}

\chapter{INTRODUCTION}\label{chapter:intro}

\chapter{RELATED WORK}\label{chapter:lit_review}


\chapter{PROPOSED APPROACH}\label{chapter:algorithm}
\input{table}


\end{document}

en otro archivo table.tex (para probar):

\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}

\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}
\begin{table}
    \centering
    \begin{tabular}{cc}
         & \\
         & \\
    \end{tabular}
    \caption{Caption}
    \label{tab:my_label}
\end{table}

    

Los resultados son: tabla 1 - título tabla 10 -título es como si el nuevo dígito tomara del espacio después -

También noté que el espacio entre el número romano y el nombre del capítulo es inconsistente:
I- Título III-Título

Answer 1

Lo que el OP parece llamar una inconsistencia de espaciado en el índice y la lista de tablas, otros tienden a verlo como completamente normal. A menos que su universidad o empleador le exijan que haga un cambio, yo optaría por el esquema de diseño predeterminado de LaTeX.

También me gustaría sugerirle que optimice algunos hábitos de programación de estilo bastante barroco. El siguiente código proporciona algunas sugerencias sobre cómo se podría simplificar el código del preámbulo.

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---

\documentclass{report}

% Create a scratch file "on the fly":
\begin{filecontents}[overwrite]{tables.tex}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption a} \label{tab:my_label1} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption b} \label{tab:my_label2} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption c} \label{tab:my_label3} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption d} \label{tab:my_label4} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption e} \label{tab:my_label5} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption f} \label{tab:my_label6} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption g} \label{tab:my_label7} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption h} \label{tab:my_label8} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption i} \label{tab:my_label9} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption j} \label{tab:my_label10} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption k} \label{tab:my_label11} \end{table}
\begin{table}[h] \caption{Caption l} \label{tab:my_label12} \end{table}
\end{filecontents}

\usepackage{arabtex}
%\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} % that's the default nowadays
%\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{ {images/} }
\usepackage[a4paper, left=4cm, right=2.5cm, vmargin=2.5cm]{geometry}

\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]%
   {\vspace{0cm}\filcenter}
   {\filcenter\LARGE\bfseries
   \chaptertitlename\ \justwords{\value{chapter}}}
   {0ex}
   {\vspace*{0ex}\filcenter\Huge\bfseries}
\def\justwords#1{\ifcase#1 \or ONE\or TWO\or THREE\or FOUR\or FIVE\fi}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-30pt}{10pt}

\usepackage[titles]{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cftchapleader}{\cftdotfill{\cftdotsep}} 
\cftsetindents{chap}{0em}{2.5em}
\cftsetindents{table}{0em}{2em}

\usepackage[colorlinks,allcolors=blue,linktocpage]{hyperref}

\renewcommand\thechapter{\Roman{chapter}}
\renewcommand{\chaptername}{CHAPTER}

\counterwithout{figure}{chapter}
\counterwithout{table}{chapter}

\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{2}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{pdfpages}

\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage[labelformat=simple]{subcaption}
\renewcommand\thesubfigure{\alph{subfigure})}



\begin{document}

\thispagestyle{empty}
\pagebreak

\thispagestyle{empty}
\begin{center}
\vspace*{\fill}
\textcopyright\ 2023
 
All Rights Reserved 
\end{center}
\pagebreak

\pagenumbering{roman}

\chapter*{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}
\pagebreak

\begin{center}
\LARGE{} \vspace{1cm}
\Large{} \vspace{0cm}
\end{center}
\vspace{-\baselineskip}
\begingroup
{\let\clearpage\relax \chapter*{ABSTRACT}}
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ABSTRACT}
\endgroup
\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\renewcommand*\contentsname{TABLE OF CONTENTS}
\tableofcontents
\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF TABLES}
\renewcommand*\listtablename{LIST OF TABLES}
\listoftables
\newpage

\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{LIST OF FIGURES}
\renewcommand*\listfigurename{LIST OF FIGURES}
\listoffigures
\newpage

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\pagenumbering{arabic}

\chapter{INTRODUCTION}\label{chapter:intro}

\chapter{RELATED WORK}\label{chapter:lit_review}

\chapter{PROPOSED APPROACH}\label{chapter:algorithm}
\input tables % load contents of 'tables.tex'

\end{document}