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== Multipage TABLEs ==
== Creating tables from CSV data (Comma Separated Values) == See also [[m-database the database module]]!
== Designing complex TABLEs ==
changed title hierarchy, added Wolfgang's simplified syntax
< [[Tables Overview]] | [[XML]] >
=Introduction=
This mighty table mode is called “natural tables” or “automatic tables.” I'd call it “HTML tables,” because it's very similar to them. They're especially suited for [[XML]] conversions.
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Try to divide your table into...
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What about separating the values using tabs?
Everything is easy when a simple grid is enough. Unfortunately, this
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=TABLEs with old table syntax=
From the mailing list in March 2009, by Wolfgang Schuster and Hans Hagen:
<texcode>
\def\startTABLE
{\dosingleempty\dostartTABLE}
\def\dostartTABLE[#1]%
{\bgroup
\bTABLE[#1]%
\let\NC\doTABLENC
\let\NR\doTABLENR
\let\bTR\relax
\let\bTD\relax
\let\bTH\relax
\let\bTN\relax}
\def\stopTABLE
{\eTABLE
\egroup}
\newconditional\inTABLEnc
\unexpanded\def\doTABLENR
{\eTR
\setfalse\inTABLEnc}
\unexpanded\def\doTABLENC
{\futurelet\next\dodoTABLENC}
\def\dodoTABLENC
{\ifx\next\doTABLENR \else
\expandafter\dododoTABLENC
\fi}
\long\def\dododoTABLENC#1\NC
{\ifconditional\inTABLEnc\else\settrue\inTABLEnc\parseTR[][]\fi
\dodoubleempty\parseTD#1\eTD\NC}
</texcode>
[[Category:Tables]]
[[Category:XML]]
