# Tables in pure Markdown **URL:** \ **Category:** Extensions\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81 "2014-09-03T20:48:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![mofosyne](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/mofosyne/32/1438_2.png) [@mofosyne](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/mofosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81/29 "2014-09-05T12:57:45Z")
Super simple semi-csv table ( discussed in [markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net](mailto:markdown-discuss@six.pairlist.net) ) . Converts only the comma in the header field into " | ". ``` Year | Make | Model 1997, Ford, E350 1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition" 1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition" 1996, Jeep, Grand Cherokee ``` Pros: Very easy to convert from csv. Con: Very inflexible. Also if needed you can include `-------` for better legibility ``` Year | Make | Model ---------------------------------------------- 1997, Ford, E350 1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition" 1999, Chevy, Venture "Extended Edition" 1996, Jeep, Grand Cherokee ``` I’m sure you guys have seen this style of tables before Well if you like pipes instead of commas (make sure you align it right!): ``` Year | Make | Model ---------------------------------------------- 1997 | Ford | E350 1999 | Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition" 1999 | Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition" 1996 | Jeep | Grand Cherokee ``` * * * Another very interesting concept from Bill Costa. > In other words push the text up against the pipe for left/right > justification, and spaces on either side for centered. ``` | Year|Make | Model | | -------------------------------------------------- | | 1997|Ford | E350 | | 1999|Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition" | | 1999|Chevy | Venture "Extended Edition" | | 1996|Jeep | Grand Cherokee | ``` Pros: Can align tables, with minimal effort. Alignment is intuitive Cons: Changing alignment of whole rows is painful. (Might as well just use pandoc’s `-:|` style pipe alignment aye? But then again, that might use more mental energy than this, for single shot tables) --- _[View the full topic](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/tables-in-pure-markdown/81)._