Four Pandoc table types
Pandoc recognizes markdown tables written in four different styles. It
recognizes all of these table style by default.
These are:
See the Pandoc manual for detailed
description of these table types.
Stata’s (and WordPress’) markdown renderer only recognizes pipe tables.
Pipe Tables
Demonstration of pipe table syntax, from the Pandoc manual.
The markdown is written:
| Right | Left | Default | Center |
|------:|:-----|---------|:------:|
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
which is rendered as:
| Right | Left | Default | Center |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| 123 | 123 | 123 | 123 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Simple Tables
Are not rendered in WordPress or Stata. They would be
written like this:
Right Left Center Default
------- ------ ---------- -------
12 12 12 12
123 123 123 123
1 1 1 1
Table: Demonstration of simple table syntax.
and rendered as
Right Left Center Default
——- —— ———- ——-
12 12 12 12
123 123 123 123
1 1 1 1
Table: Demonstration of simple table syntax.
Multi-line Tables
Are not rendered in WordPress or Stata. They would be
written like this:
-------------------------------------------------------------
Centered Default Right Left
Header Aligned Aligned Aligned
----------- ------- --------------- -------------------------
First row 12.0 Example of a row that
spans multiple lines.
Second row 5.0 Here's another one. Note
the blank line between
rows.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Table: Here's the caption. It, too, may span
multiple lines.
Rendered as
Centered Default Right Left
Header Aligned Aligned Aligned
First row 12.0 Example of a row that
spans multiple lines.
Second row 5.0 Here’s another one. Note
the blank line between
rows.
Table: Here’s the caption. It, too, may span
multiple lines.
Grid Tables
Are not rendered in WordPress or Stata. They would be
written like this:
:Sample grid table.
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
| Fruit | Price | Advantages |
+===============+===============+====================+
| Bananas | $1.34 | - built-in wrapper |
| | | - bright color |
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
| Oranges | $2.10 | - cures scurvy |
| | | - tasty |
+---------------+---------------+--------------------+
Rendered as
:Sample grid table.
+—————+—————+——————–+
| Fruit | Price | Advantages |
+===============+===============+====================+
| Bananas | $1.34 | – built-in wrapper |
| | | – bright color |
+—————+—————+——————–+
| Oranges | $2.10 | – cures scurvy |
| | | – tasty |
+—————+—————+——————–+
Easter Eggs
Not really documented in Stata, several commands produce piped table
output.
- _coef_table
- estimates table
- tabulate
- tabstat
Just add a markdown option to each command!
- mata: matrixmarkdown
- mata: datamarkdown