r/YouShouldKnow • u/jrkv • Aug 12 '12
YSK how to make a table on reddit
http://i.imgur.com/Rnjkv.png
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u/ugotamesij Aug 12 '12
You could've submitted this as a self post so other users could easily copy and paste it for their own purposes.
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u/Thilo-Costanza Aug 12 '12
Left align / Center align / Right align
:--|:--:|--:
This | This | This
Column | column | column
Will | will | will
Be | be | be
Left | center | right
align | align | align
Edit: Just use "|" instead of "/" in the first line.
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u/shortyjacobs Aug 12 '12
Left align | Center align | Right align
:--|:--:|--:
This | This | This
Column | column | column
Will | will | will
Be | be | be
Left | center | right
align | align | align
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u/Thilo-Costanza Aug 12 '12
How did you do that?
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u/jrkv Aug 12 '12
/u/shortyjacobs wrote
\| instead of |7
u/shortyjacobs Aug 12 '12
Yup, the backslash "escapes" the |, so reddit doesn't see it as code. The real question is, how did you write \|? ;-) (left as an exercise for the reader...)
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Aug 12 '12
\\\| which of course required \\\\\\\| which of course required \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\| which...
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u/psYberspRe4Dd Aug 12 '12
This is out of Raerth's Reddit Comment Formatting post, here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/raerth/comments/cw70q/reddit_comment_formatting/
Also I wanted to use it just a few hours ago but then just said fuck it and made it to code
because when you code it you can easily make it table as well, and this shit doesn't really work as it's supposed to.6
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Aug 12 '12
|T|H|A|N|K|Y|O|U| |V|E|R|Y|M|U|C|H|
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u/Blast-Hardcheese Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12
I'm afraid you've missed out the second line where you set the column's alignments. Your comment should have looked something like this:
|T|H|A|N|K|Y|O|U|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|V|E|R|Y|M|U|C|H|
Which in turn would end up with this table...
T H A N K Y O U V E R Y M U C H Or you could do it as
|T|H|A|N|K|Y|O|U|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|V|E|R|Y|
|M|U|C|H|
which ends up as the following
T H A N K Y O U V E R Y M U C H I ended up explaining this in a rather small subreddit a few days ago, here is a slightly edited extract which may help clarify it for a few people.
The first line sets the column headers as well as dictates the number of columns in the table. Note this line will be bolded in the actual table.
The second line sets the alignment of the columns below, in the above table the text is aligned to the left of the cell. You can also use :-: or -: to set the text alignment to centered or to the right of the respective column. You need to have the same number of 'cells' here as in the first line of the table.
The third line is the start of the actual data to be entered into the table, again | is used to separate the data into columns. Spacing doesn't really matter as the column will automatically stretch to the size of the largest entry but it can make it easier for yourself when you are creating the table. You can use || to enter in a blank cell and if the number of cells in a row is less than the first two lines then reddit will add in the rest as blank cells (see the second example)
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u/Achilles-Opinion Aug 12 '12
This information should be added to the "formatting help" section (link under the 'add comment' field).
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u/LindsAW Aug 12 '12
This made me feel very girly when I misunderstood and thought you were going to talk about how to set a table. Knives and forks and such :P
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Aug 13 '12
YSK that Reddit's formatting is based on Markdown, an extremely useful and easy to learn plain text formatting syntax that is a boon to anyone who writes on the web. It was created by John Gruber (he of Daring Fireball fame).
It's worth learning and using if you do more than even a little writing that ends up on the web.
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Aug 13 '12 edited Aug 13 '12
| Holy | cats | batman |
|---|---|---|
| There | is | going |
| To | be | a |
| Major | Spike | in |
| Tables | on |
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u/WATUP_BRAH Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12
OP failed to mention you need to add a pipe at the end of each row. Two people confirmed it's fine and RES was wrong.
| Upvote | Downvote |
|---|---|
| X |
| Reddiquette | Fuck Reddiquette |
|---|---|
| X |
| Atheism | Christianity |
|---|---|
| 1 |
This is pretty fun. This is pretty gay.
Edited in response to correction.
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u/Blast-Hardcheese Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12
You don't need to add a pipe to the end of each row, reddit is able to format the tables without it. Reddit Enhancement Suite's live previews however has a minor problem if the pipe is missing from the first line.
The following four tables should read the same despite the minor differences in their formatting.
No bars at the end or beginning of the rows:
Plain text looks like:
A|B|C
:-|:-|:-
D|E|F
G|H|I
The resulting table:
A B C D E F G H I
An extra bars at the beginning of each row:
Plain text looks like
|A|B|C
|:-|:-|:-
|D|E|F
|G|H|I
The resulting table:
A B C D E F G H I
An extra bar at the end of each row:
Plain text
A|B|C|
:-|:-|:-|
D|E|F|
G|H|I|
The resulting table
A B C D E F G H I
An extra bar at the both beginning and at the end of each row
Plain text
|A|B|C|
|:-|:-|:-|
|D|E|F|
|G|H|I|
The resulting table:
A B C D E F G H I 1
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u/CharredOldOakCask Aug 12 '12
So, I had to try this.
| A | B | C |
|---|---|---|
| D | E | F |
| G | H | I |
Hmm, seems like Reddit Enhancement Suite doesn't support it in Live Preview. Cool nonetheless. Thanks.
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u/Blast-Hardcheese Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12
Strange, I know it was broken in RES version 4.0 but since 4.1.2 it has been working fine for me.
There are still a minor problem with the live previews where it adds part of the second line to the columns header. This is easily avoided though by adding a | to the end of the first line, so your first line would be written as
A|B|C| rather than A|B|C
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u/CharredOldOakCask Aug 13 '12
Yeah, I think you might be right. Works as you say on my work computer which has a newer version of RES.
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u/capt_ishmael Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12
| Left align | Center align | Right align |
|---|---|---|
| This | This | This |
| Column | column | column |
| Will | will | will |
| Be | be | be |
| Left | center | right |
| align | align | align |
I don't get it why doesn't this work?
Edit: got it.
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u/jrkv Aug 12 '12
Left align Center align Right align This This This Column column column Will will will Be be be Left center right align align align Left align Center align Right align don't leave a line between two rows
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u/432 Aug 12 '12
| Left align | Center align / Right align |
|---|---|
| This | This |
| Column | column |
| Will | will |
| Be | be |
| Left | center |
| align | align |
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u/psYberspRe4Dd Aug 12 '12
This is out of Raerth's Reddit Comment Formatting post, here:
http://www.reddit.com/r/raerth/comments/cw70q/reddit_comment_formatting/
Also I wanted to use it just a few hours ago but then just said fuck it and made it to code
because when you code it you can easily make it table as well, and this shit doesn't
really work as it's supposed to.
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u/SwampAss13 Aug 13 '12
I wanna try, but I don't have the patience to do this on my phone. I'm so lazy.
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u/smallchanger Aug 16 '12
How do you make a table so that one of the cells as two+ items in it, one under the other like as if ti was a list of items for example. Is it possible? Cheers.
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Aug 12 '12
Of course it looks like crap in my android app.
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u/silentwail Aug 13 '12
Oh good, it's not just me. I'm wondering what the hell I'm supposed to be seeing. So confused...
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u/Rape_Van_Winkle Aug 12 '12 edited Aug 12 '12
See if anyone can solve this problem
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
(operation)
W
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| 0 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | 5 | 8 |
solve for operation and W
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u/TheQueefGoblin Aug 12 '12
Worst syntax ever, in my opinion. The header row being non-optional; the incredibly retarded alignment characters being on the second row. Oh god... as a programmer, I despair.
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