Table generation fails from Markdown-> PDF

Table generation fails from Markdown-> PDF

[Fredrik Meyer]

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Hi,

I'm trying to write a table in Markdown and generate a PDF output. I use 
the following command to compile:

pandoc oblig1.md --pdf-engine=xelatex -N -o oblig1.pdf 

I found an example table on the internet:


| Tables        | Are             | Cool   |
| ------------- | :-------------: | -----: |
| col 3 is      | right-aligned   | $1600  |
| col 2 is      | centered        | $12    |
| zebra stripes | are neat        | $1     |


This got generated perfectly as a table in the PDF output. But when I tried 
myself, it got rendered as pure text. 
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 |

I fail to see any difference in syntax between these two examples, yet 
somehow they are parsed differently. 

What am I doing wrong?:) Thanks.


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Re: Table generation fails from Markdown-> PDF

[Joost Kremers]

On Fri, Sep 21 2018, Fredrik Meyer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to write a table in Markdown and generate a PDF 
> output. I use the
> following command to compile:
>
> pandoc oblig1.md --pdf-engine=xelatex -N -o oblig1.pdf 
>
> I found an example table on the internet:
>
> | Tables        | Are             | Cool   |
> | ------------- | :-------------: | -----: |
> | col 3 is      | right-aligned   | $1600  |
> | col 2 is      | centered        | $12    |
> | zebra stripes | are neat        | $1     |
>
> This got generated perfectly as a table in the PDF output. But 
> when I tried myself, it
> got rendered as pure text. 
> | 0 | 1 | 2 |
> | 2 | 0 | 0 |
> | 3 | 0 | 0 |
>
> I fail to see any difference in syntax between these two 
> examples, yet somehow they
> are parsed differently. 
>
> What am I doing wrong?:) Thanks.

Your table doesn't have a header line, which seem to be needed for 
Pandoc to recognize it as a table. The header line can be empty, 
though:

|   |   |   |
|---+---+---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 |

HTH


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Re: Table generation fails from Markdown-> PDF

[John Muccigrosso]

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As the manual says:

The header cannot be omitted.

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Re: Table generation fails from Markdown-> PDF

[Fredrik Meyer]

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Thanks for the answers, both of you. Makes sense now.

fredag 21. september 2018 18.57.18 UTC+2 skrev John Muccigrosso følgende:
>
> As the manual says:
>
> The header cannot be omitted.
>

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