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:

Header cells can be created by placing ! as the first character of a cell:

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

creates

This markup does not extend to !!, !!!, etc

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:

Example 3. Default alignment of cell contents.

This markup:

    || border=1 width=100%
    ||!cell default||!cell left ||
    ||default-aligned||left-aligned ||

creates this table:

Notice that the header and detail cells have different defaults.

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