reST features two synthaxes for tables. Grid tables are complete but a lot of work, while simple tables are easy to create but limited (now raw spans, etc.). ¶
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**Grid table:** ¶
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+------------+------------+------------+ ¶
| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | ¶
+============+============+============+ ¶
| body row 1 | column 2 | column 3 | ¶
+------------+------------+------------+ ¶
| body row 2 | Cells may span columns. | ¶
+------------+------------+------------+ ¶
| body row 3 | Cells may | - Cells | ¶
+------------+ span rowns | - contain | ¶
| body row 4 | | - blocks. | ¶
+------------+------------+------------+ ¶
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**Simple table:** ¶
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===== ===== ====== ¶
Inputs Output ¶
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A B A or B ¶
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False False False ¶
True False True ¶
False True True ¶
True True True ¶
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The table directive can be used to create a titled table: ¶
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.. table:: Denigma's Aspects ¶
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Research Programming Design ¶
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Scientists Developers Artists ¶
Ranks Grades Titles ¶
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To refer to a table a simple hyperlink can be declared, i.e. creating a hyper-table_. ¶
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.. _hyper-table: ¶
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+--------------+------+ ¶
|Attribute |value | ¶
+==============+======+ ¶
|implementation|simple| ¶
+--------------+------+ ¶
|usability |high | ¶
+--------------+------+ ¶
|acceptance |yes | ¶
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