1Tables 2---------------- 3 4Summary 5------- 6 7The Table Extension adds the ability to create tables in Markdown documents. 8 9This extension is included in the standard Markdown library. 10 11Syntax 12------ 13 14Tables are defined using the syntax established in [PHP Markdown Extra][php]. 15 16[php]: http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/#table 17 18Thus, the following text (taken from the above referenced PHP documentation): 19 20First Header | Second Header 21------------- | ------------- 22Content Cell | Content Cell 23Content Cell | Content Cell 24 25will 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 47Usage 48----- 49 50From the Python interpreter: 51 52 >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, ['tables']) 53 54