1 Tables 2 ---------------- 3 4 Summary 5 ------- 6 7 The Table Extension adds the ability to create tables in Markdown documents. 8 9 This extension is included in the standard Markdown library. 10 11 Syntax 12 ------ 13 14 Tables are defined using the syntax established in [PHP Markdown Extra][php]. 15 16 [php]: http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/#table 17 18 Thus, the following text (taken from the above referenced PHP documentation): 19 20 First Header | Second Header 21 ------------- | ------------- 22 Content Cell | Content Cell 23 Content Cell | Content Cell 24 25 will be rendered as: 26 27 <table> 28 <thead> 29 <tr> 30 <th>First Header</th> 31 <th>Second Header</th> 32 </tr> 33 </thead> 34 <tbody> 35 <tr> 36 <td>Content Cell</td> 37 <td>Content Cell</td> 38 39 </tr> 40 <tr> 41 <td>Content Cell</td> 42 <td>Content Cell</td> 43 </tr> 44 </tbody> 45 </table> 46 47 Usage 48 ----- 49 50 From the Python interpreter: 51 52 >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, ['tables']) 53 54
