How to Write Tables in Markdown

Table notation in Markdown

Basically all you do is separate things with |

Basic form

|Header 1|Header 2|Header 3|
|-------|-------|-------|
|Item 1|Item 2|Item 3|

• The first row is the header The header always seems to end up bold
• The second row is the separator that sets the attributes Any number of - seems to be fine, but four or more is probably better
• From the third row onwards, you just keep adding as many items and contents as you like

Alignment

When you want the headers and items left aligned, right aligned or centred

|Header 1|Header 2|Header 3|
|:------|:-----:|------:|
|Left|Center|Right|

• One thing to watch out for is that it applies to the whole column, so if you want to apply it individually, insert an HTML tag

Merging and splitting

Unfortunately Markdown does not seem to be able to build complex tables such as ones with merged or split cells, so write them in HTML

The table below is written directly with table tags

See also