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Creating Tables in SASSA Wiki

Tables can be useful both for displaying data and for arranging page content. Use the following instructions to create a table.

• The entire table must be encased with curly brackets and a vertical bar to show SASSA Wiki where the table begins and ends.

{|
table code goes here
|}

• An optional table caption can be included using a vertical bar and a plus sign.

{|
|+ The table's caption
the table code goes here
|}

• Each new table row should be separated by a vertical line and a hyphen.

{|
|+ The table's caption
|-
cell code goes here
|-
cell code goes here
|}

• The first cell in each row should start with a vertical bar, and subsequent cells in that row should be separated by two vertical bars with the cell content between.

{|
|+ The table's caption
|-
|Cell 1||Cell 2||Cell 3
|-
|Cell 4||Cell 5||Cell 6
|}

• Column and row headings can be included using an exlamation mark (!) instead of a horizontal line.

{|
|+ the table's caption
!Column heading 1!!Column heading 2!! Column heading 3
|-
|Cell 1||Cell 2||Cell 3
|-
|Cell 4||Cell 5||Cell 6
|}

{|
|+ the table's caption
! !!Column heading 1!!Column heading 2!! Column heading 3
|-
!Row heading 1
|Cell 1||Cell 2||Cell 3
|-
! Row heading 2
|Cell 4||Cell 5||Cell 6
|}

• To add a border to the table.

{| border="1"
|+ the table's caption
! !!Column heading 1!!Column heading 2!! Column heading 3
|-
!Row heading 1
|Cell 1||Cell 2||Cell 3
|-
! Row heading 2
|Cell 4||Cell 5||Cell 6
|}

The final table looks like this:

the table's caption

	Column heading 1	Column heading 2	Column heading 3
Row heading 1	Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3
Row heading 2	Cell 4	Cell 5	Cell 6

Help with creating more complex tables can be found at wikimedia's web site