>>> basic table
head | cells
-----|------
body | cells

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head</th><th>cells</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>body</td><td>cells</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> multiple rows
head | cells
-----|------
body | cells
more | cells

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head</th><th>cells</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>body</td><td>cells</td></tr><tr><td>more</td><td>cells</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> rows wrapped in pipes
| head | cells |
|------|-------|
| body | cells |

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head</th><th>cells</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>body</td><td>cells</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> rows wrapped in pipes, whitespace alignment row
| head | cells |
|  --  |  ---  |
| body | cells |

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head</th><th>cells</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>body</td><td>cells</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> cells with inline syntax
head `code` | _cells_
------------|--------
*text*      | <span>text</span>
<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head <code>code</code></th><th><em>cells</em></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><em>text</em></td><td><span>text</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> cells are parsed before inline syntax
header | _foo | bar_
-------|------------|---
text   | text
<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>header</th><th>_foo</th><th>bar_</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>text</td><td>text</td><td /></tr></tbody></table>
>>> cells contain reference links
header | header
-------|--------
text   | [link][here]

[here]: http://url
<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>header</th><th>header</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>text</td><td><a href="http://url">link</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> one column tables
head
-----|
body
<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>body</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> varying cells per row
head | foo | bar
-----|-----|-----
body
row with | two cells
<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>head</th><th>foo</th><th>bar</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>body</td><td /><td /></tr><tr><td>row with</td><td>two cells</td><td /></tr></tbody></table>
>>> left, center, and right alignment
head | cells | here
:----|:-----:|----:
body | cells | here
too | many | cells | here

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th style="text-align: left;">head</th><th style="text-align: center;">cells</th><th style="text-align: right;">here</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;">body</td><td style="text-align: center;">cells</td><td style="text-align: right;">here</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left;">too</td><td style="text-align: center;">many</td><td style="text-align: right;">cells</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> left, center, and right alignment, with whitespace
head | cells | here
 :-- | :---: | ---:
body | cells | here
too | many | cells | here

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th style="text-align: left;">head</th><th style="text-align: center;">cells</th><th style="text-align: right;">here</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left;">body</td><td style="text-align: center;">cells</td><td style="text-align: right;">here</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align: left;">too</td><td style="text-align: center;">many</td><td style="text-align: right;">cells</td></tr></tbody></table>
>>> escape pipe
| Name     | Character |
| ---      | ---       |
| Backtick | `         |
| Pipe     | \|        |

<<<
<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Character</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Backtick</td><td>`</td></tr><tr><td>Pipe</td><td>|</td></tr></tbody></table>