Editing Help:Introduction to tables with Wiki Markup


The markup for a basic table is:

<pre style="width:50%">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header C1
! Header C2
! Header C3
|-
| R1C1
| R1C2
| R1C3
|-
| R2C1
| R2C2
| R2C3
|}
</pre>

This would produce:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header C1
! Header C2
! Header C3
|-
| R1C1
| R1C2
| R1C3
|-
| R2C1
| R2C2
| R2C3
|}


As you can see, columns headers are created by <code>!&nbsp;column&nbsp;name</code>. Cells are created by <code>|&nbsp;cell&nbsp;text</code>. The divider between rows is <code>|-</code>. You can add an extra column by just sticking <code>!&nbsp;new&nbsp;column&nbsp;name</code> at the end of the last column name. To fill the cells in that column, you need to add another cell to each row: fill it by typing <code>|&nbsp;cell&nbsp;text</code>. If you want to add an extra row, just add <code>|-</code> to the table, and fill it with however many cells are appropriate.

To recap, the markup is:
{| class="wikitable"
|
<nowiki />{|
| '''table start:''' ''required!''
|-
|
<nowiki />|+
| '''table caption:''' ''optional.'' Only between '''table start''' and '''first table row'''
|-
|
<nowiki />!
| '''table header cell:''' ''optional.'' Consecutive cells may be added on same lines separated by double marks (<code>!!</code>); or start on new lines, each beginning with its own single mark (<code>!</code>).
|-
|
<nowiki />|-
| '''table row''': ''optional on first row, otherwise required''. The wiki engine assumes the first row.
|-
|
<nowiki />|
| '''table data cell''': ''required!'' Consecutive cells may be added on same lines separated by double marks (<code><nowiki>||</nowiki></code>); or start on new lines, each beginning with its own single mark (<code><nowiki>|</nowiki></code>). Single marks are also used to separate HTML attributes from cell contents (both data or header), or caption contents.
|-
|
<nowiki />|}
| '''table end:'''  ''required!''
|}

* Blank spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored.
* Escaping to insert a pipe (<code>|</code>) character into a table can be done using the {{xtag|nowiki}} markup.
* <code>class="wikitable"</code> is used with a lot of tables on Wikipedia, and adds some standard formatting.


===Using <code>||</code> and <code>!!</code> with tables===

The above markup must start on a new line. This includes the cell markup (<code>|</code> and <code>!</code>). But the double cell markup (<code>||</code> and <code>!!</code>) can optionally be used for adding consecutive cells to a single line. 

For example, this would produce the same table as above:

<pre style="width:60%">
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Header C1 !! Header C2 !! Header C3
|-
| R1C1      || R1C2      || R1C3
|-
| R2C1      || R2C2      || R2C3
|}
</pre>

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