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+.. _styleguide02table:
+
+******
+Tables
+******
+
+There are two types of tables with different syntax, `Grid Tables <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#grid-tables>`_, and `Simple Tables <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#simple-tables>`_.
+
+Grid Tables
+___________
+
+`Grid Tables <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#grid-tables>`_ are described with a visual grid made up of the characters "-", "=", "|", and "+". The hyphen ("-") is used for horizontal lines (row separators). The equals sign ("=") may be used to separate optional header rows from the table body. The vertical bar ("|") is used for vertical lines (column separators). The plus sign ("+") is used for intersections of horizontal and vertical lines.
+
+Here is example code for a grid table in a *.rst* file:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ +------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
+ | Header row, column 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | Header 4 |
+ | (header rows optional) | | | |
+ +========================+============+==========+==========+
+ | body row 1, column 1 | column 2 | column 3 | column 4 |
+ +------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
+ | body row 2 | Cells may span columns. |
+ +------------------------+------------+---------------------+
+ | body row 3 | Cells may | - Table cells |
+ +------------------------+ span rows. | - contain |
+ | body row 4 | | - body elements. |
+ +------------------------+------------+---------------------+
+
+This example code generates a grid table that looks like this:
+
++------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
+| Header row, column 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | Header 4 |
+| (header rows optional) | | | |
++========================+============+==========+==========+
+| body row 1, column 1 | column 2 | column 3 | column 4 |
++------------------------+------------+----------+----------+
+| body row 2 | Cells may span columns. |
++------------------------+------------+---------------------+
+| body row 3 | Cells may | - Table cells |
++------------------------+ span rows. | - contain |
+| body row 4 | | - body elements. |
++------------------------+------------+---------------------+
+
+
+Simple Tables
+_____________
+
+`Simple tables <http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/ref/rst/restructuredtext.html#simple-tables>`_ are described with horizontal borders made up of "=" and "-" characters. The equals sign ("=") is used for top and bottom table borders, and to separate optional header rows from the table body. The hyphen ("-") is used to indicate column spans in a single row by underlining the joined columns, and may optionally be used to explicitly and/or visually separate rows.
+
+Simple tables are "simpler" to create than grid tables, but are more limited.
+
+Here is example code for a simple table in a *.rst* file.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+ ===== ===== =======
+ A B A and B
+ ===== ===== =======
+ False False False
+ True False False
+ False True False
+ True True True
+ ===== ===== =======
+
+This example code generates a simple table that looks like this:
+
+===== ===== =======
+ A B A and B
+===== ===== =======
+False False False
+True False False
+False True False
+True True True
+===== ===== ======= \ No newline at end of file