title: Tables Extension

Tables
======

Summary
-------

The Tables extension adds the ability to create tables in Markdown documents.

This extension is included in the standard Markdown library.

Syntax
------

Tables are defined using the syntax established in [PHP Markdown Extra][php].

[php]: http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/#table

Thus, the following text (taken from the above referenced PHP documentation):

```md
First Header  | Second Header
------------- | -------------
Content Cell  | Content Cell
Content Cell  | Content Cell
```

will be rendered as:

```html
<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>First Header</th>
      <th>Second Header</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Content Cell</td>
      <td>Content Cell</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Content Cell</td>
      <td>Content Cell</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
```

!!! seealso "See Also"
    The [Attribute Lists](./attr_list.md) extension includes support for defining attributes on table cells.

Usage
-----

See [Extensions](index.md) for general extension usage. Use `tables` as the
name of the extension.

This extension does not accept any special configuration options.

A trivial example:

```python
markdown.markdown(some_text, extensions=['tables'])
```