# 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:** ![numerodos](https://talk.commonmark.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/n/67e7ee/32.png) [@numerodos](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/numerodos)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81/189 "2022-07-26T19:19:14Z")

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🤔 Hmm.. that’s a good question.

1. Primarily, it won’t conflate the 2 features. [Tables vs fenced code blocks, when is something “common”? - #11 by chrisalley](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-vs-fenced-code-blocks-when-is-something-common/411/11)
2. The `csv` fenced code block removes the option to display the fenced contents as plaintext with highlighting.

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