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Markdown Table Generator

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Summary

The Markdown table generator compiles a pipeline-format table supported by many Markdown editors. You set the number of columns and rows, and then the tool generates the header, the row separator, and the table content. A neat Markdown table makes it easy for project documentation to be read directly as plain text.

Key points

The first row of the table Markdown is the header column
The second must contain a separator such as `|---|---|`
The colon on the dividing row sets the alignment left, middle, or right
The character of the pipe inside the cell needs to be escaped with a backslash
Pipe tables are most reliable in parsers that support GitHub Flavored Markdown

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