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GFM enables the table extension, where an additional leaf block type is available.
A table is an arrangement of data with rows and columns, consisting of a single header row, a delimiter rowseparating the header from the data, and zero or more data rows.
Each row consists of cells containing arbitrary text, in which inlines are parsed, separated by pipes (|). A leading and trailing pipe is also recommended for clarity of reading, and if there’s otherwise parsing ambiguity. Spaces between pipes and cell content are trimmed. Block-level elements cannot be inserted in a table.
The delimiter row consists of cells whose only content are hyphens (-), and optionally, a leading or trailing colon (:), or both, to indicate left, right, or center alignment respectively.
Cells in one column don’t need to match length, though it’s easier to read if they are. Likewise, use of leading and trailing pipes may be inconsistent:
Include a pipe in a cell’s content by escaping it, including inside other inline spans:
The table is broken at the first empty line, or beginning of another block-level structure:
The header row must match the delimiter row in the number of cells. If not, a table will not be recognized:
The remainder of the table’s rows may vary in the number of cells. If there are a number of cells fewer than the number of cells in the header row, empty cells are inserted. If there are greater, the excess is ignored:
If there are no rows in the body, no <tbody> is generated in HTML output: