Basic markup

Tables are created via use of the double pipe character: ||. Lines beginning with this markup denote the beginning of table rows. Appearance of this character within a line denotes table cells. A border has been added to this table for visual purposes; default border width is 0.

Example 1. Basic table.

This markup:

    || border=1
    || cell 1 || cell 2 || cell 3 ||
    || cell 1 || cell 2 || cell 3 ||

creates this table:

cell 1	cell 2	cell 3
cell 1	cell 2	cell 3

Alignment of cell contents

Cell contents may be aligned left, centered, or aligned right.

• To left-align contents, place the cell contents next to the leading ||.
• To center contents, add a space before and after the cell contents.
• To right-align contents, place a space before the cell contents and leave the cell contents next to the trailing ||.

Example 2. Changing alignment of cell contents.

This markup:

    || border=1 width=100%
    ||cell 1       || cell 2   ||        cell 3||
    ||left-aligned || centered || right-aligned||

creates this table:

cell 1	cell 2	cell 3
left-aligned	centered	right-aligned

Column headings

Column headings in tables are created using an exclamation point (!) at the beginning of the cell. Headings can also be aligned left, centered, or aligned right.

  
    ||border='1' width='100%'
    ||!head 1  ||! head 2 ||!  head 3||
    ||cell 1   ||  cell 2 ||   cell 3||
  

head 1	head 2	head 3
cell 1	cell 2	cell 3

Captions

The first row of a table can be a caption, denoted by exclamation points at the beginning and end of the cell.

  
    ||border='1' width='100%'
    ||!table caption!||
    ||!head1  ||! head2 ||!  head3||
    ||cell1   ||  cell2 ||   cell3||
  

table caption

head1	head2	head3
cell1	cell2	cell3

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