Tables are used to show some data in a two-dimensional fashion. In zettelmarkup, table are not specified explicitly, but by entering __table rows__. Therefore, a table can be seen as a sequence of table rows. A table row is nothing as a sequence of __table cells__. The length of a table is the number of table rows, the width of a table is the maximum length of its rows. The first cell of a row must begin with the vertical bar character (""''|''"", U+007C) at the first position of a line. The other cells of a row begin with the same vertical bar character at later positions in that line. A cell is delimited by the vertical bar character of the next cell or by the end of the current line. A vertical bar character as the last character of a line will not result in a table cell. It will be ignored. Inside a cell, you can specify any [[inline elements|00001007040000]]. For example: ```{="zmk"} | a1 | a2 | a3| | b1 | b2 | b3 | c1 | c2 ``` will be rendered in HTML as: :::{="example"} |a1|a2|a3 |b1|b2|b3 |c1|c2| ::: === Header row If any cell in the first row of a table contains an equal sing character (""''=''"", U+003D) as the very first character, then this first row will be interpreted as a __table header__ row. For example: ```{="zmk"} | a1 | a2 |= a3| | b1 | b2 | b3 | c1 | c2 ``` will be rendered in HTML as: :::{="example"} |=a1|=a2|=a3 |b1|b2|b3 |c1|c2| ::: === Column alignment Inside a header row, you can specify the alignment of each header cell by a given character as the last character of a cell. The alignment of a header cell determines the alignment of every cell in the same column. The following characters specify the alignment: * the colon character (""'':''"", U+003A) forces a centered alignment, * the less-than sign character (""''<''"", U+0060) specifies an alignment to the left, * the greater-than sign character (""''>''"", U+0062) will produce right aligned cells. If no alignment character is given, a default alignment is used. For example: ```{="zmk"} |=Left<|Right>|Center:|Default |123456|123456|123456|123456| |123|123|123|123 ``` will be rendered in HTML as: :::{="example"} |=Left<|=Right>|=Center:|=Default |123456|123456|123456|123456 |123|123|123|123 ::: === Cell alignment To specify the alignment of an individual cell, you can enter these characters for alignment as the first character of that cell. For example: ```{="zmk"} |=Left<|Right>|Center:|Default |>R|:C||=Center:|=Default |>R|:C|