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Tables

Tables can be used to display tabular data, or to format text into columns.

Syntax

| column | column 

|| column span 

|\ row span 

The first | must be the first character on a new line.

Complex formatting can be achieved using the column span (| followed by an extra | for every column joined) and row span (| followed by \ for every row joined). The | character is known as the 'pipe' character.

Examples

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| a table cell          | another cell |
| the second row        | another cell |
|\ a cell spanning rows | another cell |
|                         another cell |
|| spanning columns                    |

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| tables without borders | column 2
| row 2 column 1         | text here is aligned to the previous line

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|`yellow' black text on yellow |`yellow' `blue blue text on yellow' |

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Details

Tables are always stretched to be the width of the page. They cannot be placed inside a paragraph. Even though the examples on this page have their columns aligned, this is not necessary and has only been done to enhance readability.

Apart from displaying tabular data, tables can also be used to align text into multiple columns on the page, when used without borders.

Formatting cells

You can change the background colour of cells in a table by enclosing the colour in and ' and placing it immediately after the | character.

See also

Table Sorting

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