Introduction
This article is designed to be a How to guide for creating tables using wiki formating.
Table Elements
Creating a Table
- {| Curly Bracket followed by a Pipe is used to indicate the beginning of a table.
- | a Pipe, on a new line, is used to indicate the first cell of a table.
- |} a Pipe followed by a Curly Bracket is used to indicate the end of a table.
Example:
{|
| Text in first cell
|}
|
|
produces:
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Table Caption
To add a caption for a table, use a Pipe followed by a Plus |+ as the 1st line in the table.
Example:
{|
|+ Table Caption
| Text in first cell
|}
|
|
produces:
|
Table Caption
Text in first cell
|
|
Add a Border
To add a border to a table, on the first line after the Curly Bracket and Pipe, type border="1". The higher the number the broader the border.
Example:
{|border="1"
|+ Table Caption
| Text in first cell
|}
|
|
produces:
|
Table Caption
Text in first cell
|
|
Additional Horizontal Cells
To add additional horizontal cells, place a Pipe | on a new line.
Example (a table with 3 horizontal cells):
{| border="1"
|+ Table Caption
| Cell 1
| Cell 2
| Cell 3
|}
|
|
produces:
|
Table Caption
Cell 1
|
Cell 2
|
Cell 3
|
|
Additional Rows
To add a row, on a new line, add a Pipe followed by a Hyphen |-. Then place a Pipe on the next line for the first cell in the new row.
Example:
{| border="1"
|+ Table Caption
| Row 1, Cell 1
| Row 1, Cell 2
| Row 1, Cell 3
|-
| Row 2, Cell 1
| Row 2, Cell 2
| Row 2, Cell 3
|-
| Row 3, Cell 1
| Row 3, Cell 2
| Row 3, Cell 3
|}
|
|
produces:
|
Table Caption
Row 1, Cell 1
|
Row 1, Cell 2
|
Row 1, Cell 3
|
Row 2, Cell 1
|
Row 2, Cell 2
|
Row 2, Cell 3
|
Row 3, Cell 1
|
Row 3, Cell 2
|
Row 3, Cell 3
|
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Row and Column Headers
To make a cell a row or column header, use an Exclamation Point ! instead of a Pipe.
Example:
{| border="1"
|+ Table Caption
|
! Column 1 Header
! Column 2 Header
|-
! Row 1 Header
| Row 1, Cell 1
| Row 1, Cell 2
|-
! Row 2 Header
| Row 2, Cell 1
| Row 2, Cell 1
|}
|
|
produces:
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Table Caption
|
Column 1 Header
|
Column 2 Header
|
Row 1 Header
|
Row 1, Cell 1
|
Row 1, Cell 2
|
Row 2 Header
|
Row 2, Cell 1
|
Row 2, Cell 2
|
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Terms
- Curly Bracket: { }
- Exclamation Point: !
- Hyphen: -
- Plus: +
- Pipe: |
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