# Tables in pure Markdown

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [September 3, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81 "2014-09-03T20:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![illionas](https://cdn.commonmark.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/i/73ab20/32.png) [@illionas](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/illionas)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81/111 "2016-12-07T16:26:50Z")

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If you take the ideas from the [transclusion/inclusion discussion](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/transclusion-or-including-sub-documents-for-reuse/270/10) you could also extend table cells with simple references:

````
| Theme | List |
|-------------|----------------------|
| Shopping | :[grocery list][B2] |
| Programming | :[HTML elements][B3] |

[B2]:
- oranges
- bananas
- apples
- lemons

[B3]:
```
<html>
<!-- some code block -->
</html>
```
````

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