create-tables-markdown.md

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Create tables in markdown	Explains how to code tables in markdown.					mblythe			dongill	contributor-guide		article			09/01/2015	mblythe

Create tables in markdown

The simplest way to create a table in markdown is to use pipes and lines.

You can justify the columns with colons:

|-----:| - this is right aligned
|:-----| -  this is left aligned
|:-----:| - this is centered

If you use HTML tables and your markdown is not rendering between the two tables, you need to add a closing BR tag after the closing TABLE tag.

For more information about how to create tables in markdown, see:

• Markdown tables generator: http://www.tablesgenerator.com/markdown_tables
• https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet#wiki-tables
• http://michelf.ca/projects/php-markdown/extra/#table

Contributors' Guide Links

• Overview article
• Index of guidance articles