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This {{cmd|starttabulate}} is especially suited if you want to have a versatile table environment.It supports ''paragraphs '' in one cells, ''vertical rules'' (or moreforthose typographically less demanding jobs …) , and''colorization'' of those rules, the tabulate columnsbackground of fields as wellas the text itself.

'''Warning''': When you want to use tables with macros use {{cmd|starttable}} and \stoptable. {{cmd|starttabulate}} and \stoptabulate does not work correctly with macros. =Basic commands= The sample describes control sequence {{cmd|starttabulate|[#1]}} takes a layoutstring as optional argument.As is common with tables in TeX-based typesetting, this string(in its basic variant) consists primarily of the ''bar''character (“<tt>|</tt>”) as delimiter for columns,and of the letters <tt>c</tt>, <tt>l</tt>, as well as <tt>r</tt>,denoting the ''alignment'' within cells of this row. For instance consider a two-column table: if any text in thefirst column should be right aligned (''real''[[Right and left|<tt>flushright</tt>]]) and the second columnleft aligned, the formatting characterscorresponding format string would be<tt>|l|r|</tt>.''NB'':those bars, as stated above, denote cell limits only&ndash; ''not'' vertical lines. <!-- - wtf this listing was full of <tab> chars‽ Was this supposed - to be a bad pun on *tabulate*? - - No, I formatted it readably in my text editor. --HR-->

\starttabulate[|r|l|llB|]

\NC {\bf format } \NC {\bf meaning } \NC Mk \NC\NR

\NC c \NC centered \NC \NC\NR\NC l \NC left aligned \NC \NC\NR\NC r \NC right aligned \NC \NC\NR\NC w(1cm) \NC one line, fixed width \NC \NC\NR\NC p(2cm) \NC paragraph, lines broken to fixed width \NC \NC\NR\NC cg(.) \NC align on a character \NC IV: cg{.} \NC\NR% You can leave out the \NC m \NC math mode \NC IV only \NC\NR\NC b \NC before e.g. b{\star} \NC IV only \NC\NR\NC a \NC after, e.g. a{\percent} \NC IV only \NC\NR

\setuppapersize[A5]\starttabulate[|r|l|llB|]

\NC {\bf format } \NC {\bf meaning }\NC Mk \NC\NR

\NC c \NC centered \NC\NR\NC l \NC left aligned \NC\NR\NC r \NC right aligned \NC\NR\NC w(1cm) \NC one line, fixed width \NC\NR\NC p(2cm) \NC paragraph, lines broken to fixed width \NC\NR% You can leave out the \NC before cg(.) \NC align on a character \NC\NR

* {{cmd|HL is }} draws a horizontal linerule,* {{cmd|NC is }} marks a new column (or new cell),* {{cmd|NN}} marks a new math column/cell (see below),* {{cmd|NR is }} starts a new row,* {{cmd|NB}} starts a new rowas a block (avoids page breaking inside of a block, to keep some lines together),* {{cmd|TB}} (= "Table Blank") adds some vertical space between rows -- see an example below,* {{cmd|VL}} (instead of {{cmd|NC}}) draws a vertical rule -- for more info see below. When using fixed width, you can use values relative to thecurrent page-width. For example: if you want the previous tabletake up all the width and having the second column taking threequarters of the space, change the {{cmd|starttabulate}} to:<texcode>\starttabulate[|rw(.25\textwidth)|lw(.75\textwidth)|]</texcode>(Mistake: This doesn’t account for the width of the column distance!) =Horizontal centering table on the page= <context source=yes>This is a very long text, longer than the width of the table.It must be long enough to flow to the next line to see the effect. \placetable[force,none]{}{% \starttabulate[|r|l|] \HL \NC I want this table \NC aligned in the center.\NC\NR \HL \stoptabulate}</context> This can also be done with the start/stop syntax: <context source=yes>This is a very long text, longer than the width of the table.It must be long enough to flow to the next line to see the effect. \startplacetable[location=force,number=no] \starttabulate[|r|l|] \HL \NC I want this table \NC aligned in the center.\NC\NR \HL \stoptabulate\stopplacetable</context> =Spanning Multiple Pages= Tabulate may extend to adjacient pages if needed.To achieve this the argument <tt>split</tt> must be set to''true''.

\setuptabulate [split=yes, header=text, title= Single row columns =={\color[red] Fenchurch St. Paul}, frame=on]

To span columns in cells with <code>l</code>, <code>r</code> or <code>c</code>\starttabulate[|p(1.2cm)|p(1.2cm)|]\dorecurse{6}{ \NC Bells: \NC Tin tan din dan bim bam bom bo \NC\NR \HLyou could use <code> \spanNC Name: \omitNC Tailor Paul \spanNC \omitNR \spanHL}\omitstoptabulate</codecontext> for each cell.

You could prevent these values you could them in a macro and use it with==Titles== A tabulating environment can have an optional name which will berepeated above at every page break that occurs inside the table.This name needs to be specified as the argument of the<tt>title</tt> key of {{cmd|setuptabulate}}.The <tt>header</tt> key has to be set to <em>text</em> for thisto work. <codecontext source=yes>\setuppapersize[A10, landscape][A8, landscape]\setuppaper[nx=2,ny=2]\setuparranging[XY] \switchtobodyfont[5pt]\usesetuppagenumbering[location={header,inright}]\showframe[edge] \setuptabulate [split=yes, header=text, title={\color[red] Fenchurch St. Paul}, frame=on] \starttabulate[|p(1.2cm)|p(1.2cm)|]\dorecurse{6}{2 \NC Bells: \NC Tin tan din dan bim bam bom bo \NC\NR \HL \NC Name: \NC Tailor Paul \NC \NR \HL}\stoptabulate</codecontext> or  <code!-- - ==Headers and Footers== - As I couldn’t get footers running I just comment this and - leave it to whoever discovers the trick to activate them. - (The <tt>\TWOfooter=</codett> key seems to be implemented for - “\setuptabulate” but I couldn’t notice any effect.--> ==Headers==Tabulate supports header rows that can be repeated over new tablepages instead of the title.There is a separate environment {{cmd|starttabulatehead}} wherethis header row has to be specified in advance of its use in atabulation. In ConTeXt MkIV the tabulate environmentcommand requires an additional [], thus you needto write {{cmd|starttabulatehead}}[] instead.

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\def\tabulateuse#1% {\dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax}{\span\omit}} \appendtoks \let\use\tabulateuse \defineTABLEshorthands\to \everytabulatesetuptabulate[split=yes,header=repeat]

\starttextstarttabulatehead \FL \NC {\bf format char} \NC {\bf meaning} \NC \AR \LL\stoptabulatehead

\starttabulate[|l|Br|lr|l|] \NC c \NC centered \NC a \AR \NC b l \NC c left aligned \NC d \NRAR \NC 1 r \NC 2 \TWO right aligned \NC 4 \NRAR

|<context>\def\tabulateuse#1% {\dorecurse{\numexpr2*#1-1\relax}{\span\omit}}setuppapersize[A5]

\appendtoks \let\use\tabulateuse \defineTABLEshorthands\to \everytabulatesetuptabulate[split=yes,header=repeat]

\starttextstarttabulatehead \FL \NC {\bf format char} \NC {\bf meaning} \AR \LL\stoptabulatehead

\starttabulate[|l|Br|lr|l|] \NC a c \NC b centered \AR \NC c l \NC d left aligned \NRAR \NC 1 \NC 2 \TWO r \NC 4 right aligned \NRAR

To use this macro you have to take care about a few thingsHans initially announced support for vertical lines and colors onthe mailing list. [http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20101117.123950.739657a7.en.html]

* You have to set ==Rules== ===Horizontal Rules=== As already demonstrated above, the <tt>\HL</tt> statement insertsa hairline after the current line.This particularly useful when demarking header and footer rows orseparated parts of a width for each celltable that should not be as closely* The format for associated as the spanned column is fixed and you have to change it in rows between the macrorules.

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\defstarttabulate[|r|c|l|] \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \HL\NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \HL\NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \HL\stoptabulate</texcode>| <context>\starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \HL\NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \HL\NC test \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \HL\tabulateusestoptabulate</context>|} Context supports different categories of rules that can beconfigured individually in order to discern various applications.Their behaviour accounts for the designated use, e.g.<tt>\ML</tt> (mid rules) are intended to be deployed betweenordinary rows of the table body and will prevent page breaks&ndash; no way you’d end up with a rogue hairline desecratingthe bottom of your page’s text area.{|cellpadding="10" style="border:2px solid #1%addeff"! style="background:#addeff;" | Type !! Description|-|<tt>\HL</tt> || standard horizontal rule;|-|<tt>\FL</tt> || first rule;|-|<tt>\ML</tt> || mid rule;|-|<tt>\LL</tt> || bottom rule;|-|<tt>\LL</tt> and <tt>\TL</tt> || bottom rule;|-|<tt>\BL</tt> || last rule.|} Additionally, there is an option <tt>rulecolor</tt> for{{cmd|setuptabulate}} that allows for those rules to be tinted. <texcode>\setuptabulate[rulecolor=red] \starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \FL \NC first row \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \ML \NC rows in \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \NC between \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \LL \NC last row \NC test \NC test \NC\NR \BL\stoptabulate</texcode> Other types can be discovered in the source([[source:tabl-tbl.mkiv|tabl-tbl.mkiv]]). ===Vertical Rules=== The {{cmd|VL}} command serves as a replacement for {{cmd|NC}}to mark a cell border wherever a vertical rule may be desired (ifthey are to be desired at all from a typographical point ofview). <texcode>\starttabulate[||||] \NC test \VL test \VL test \VL\NR \VL test \NC test \VL test \VL\NR \VL test \VL test \NC test \VL\NR \VL test \VL test \VL test \NC\NR \dorecursestoptabulate</texcode> ==Coloring== The following elements can be colorized: rules, cell backgrounds,and, obviously, common text. ===Colorizing Rules=== For ''horizontal rules'' see above. For ''vertical rules'', {{cmd|VL}} takes a defined color as anoptional argument. <texcode>\starttabulate[|r|c|l|] \numexpr2*#1VL test \VL[red] red rule \VL test \VL \NR \VL test \VL[green] green rule \VL test \VL \NR \VL test \VL[blue] blue rule \VL test \VL \NR \stoptabulate</texcode> ===Colorizing Backgrounds & Text===Backgrounds and text can be colorized either on column basis orindividually by cell. There are five color-specific control sequences:{||{{cmd|CR}} || color is applied to the background of the text and the remaining space on the right.|-|{{cmd|CC}} || color is applied to the background of the text only.|-|{{cmd|CM}} || color is applied to the background of the text and the remaining space on both sides.|-|{{cmd|CL}} || color is applied to the background of the text and the remaining space on the left.|-|{{cmd|CT}} || color is applied to the text itself -1in other words, the "foreground color."|}These are to complement the normal table layout expression (thefirst argument to {{cmd|starttabulate}.Thus, in order to colorize a four column table with the initiallayout <tt>|c|c|c|c|</tt> it will have to be modified as follows:<texcode>\relaxstarttabulate[|CR{red}c|CC{yellow}c|CM{green}c|CL{blue}c|] \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \spanNR \omitNC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC test \NC \NR \stoptabulate</texcode> Those control sequences, if applied within the table body, canreplace the ordinary {{cmd|NC}}, allowing individual cells tobe colorized.<texcode>\starttabulate[|c|c|c|c|c|c|] \NC g \NC l \NC i \NC d \NC e \NC r \raggedrightNC \ignorespaces}NR \NC g \NC l \NC i \CM[blue] d \NC e \NC r \NC \NR \NC g \NC l \NC i \NC d \CM[blue] e \NC r \NC \NR \NC g \NC l \CM[blue] i \CM[blue] d \CM[blue] e \NC r \NC \NR \NC g \NC l \NC i \NC d \NC e \NC r \NC \NR \stoptabulate</texcode> '''caveat emptor'''! The background coloring does apply only tothe ''first'' row of a paragraph cell. Any other cell will comeout colorless. If you need to color an entire multi-line cell,you will need to switch to another[[Tables Overview|tabulation variant]]. ===Colorizing Cell Text===''Normal text'' inside cells gets its color via the[[Color|standard coloring commands]], or by the shorter variant described above.

\letblank[halfline]\useto \tabulateuset_tabl_tabulate_every_after_row \defineTABLEshorthandsprotect\to \everytabulate</texcode>

<context mode=mkiv source=yes>\starttabulate[|p(2cm)|p(3cm)|p(4cm)|] \NC one \dorecurse{10}{text } NC two \NC\NR \NC two \dorecurse{4}{Lorem Ipsum } NC three \NC\NR \TB[halfline] \dorecurse{18}{text } NC four \NC five \NC\NR \TB[line] \NC four \TWO Short text spanning two tabulate paragraphs. NC five \NC\NR \dorecurse{17}{text } TB[1cm] \NC eight \NC nine \NC\NR

=Using math mode= If you want to display numerics, you can simply use {{cmd|NN}} for a new column instead of {{cmd|NC}}. This command works similar to the [http://www.pragma-ade.com/general/magazines/mag-0003.pdf digit-module]. Therefore you can also abbreviate: <texcode>\stoptextstarttabulate[|l|l|]\HL\NN 10e-3 \NN 10e+3 \NR\HL\stoptabulate

instead of <texcode>\starttabulate[|l|l|]\HL\NC $10\cdot 10^{-3}$ \NC $10 \cdot 10^3$ \NR\HL\stoptabulate</texcode> although both variants do work. If you always need math in one column, consider math mode columns: <texcode>\starttabulate[|m|m|]\HL\NC 10e-3 \NC 10e+3 \NR\HL\stoptabulate</texcode>  =Itemization or framed objects inside a tabulation= The following issue is related to MkIV: When using an itemization inside a tabulation where one uses also the {{cmd|head}} command, there occurs a snapping problem. This is related to penalties which force a twoline split whereas the snapping mechanism prevents this. As a result two lines are typeset on top of each other. The solution is to add the following statement to the preamble:<texcode>\tabulatesplitlinemode \appendtoksplustwo</texcode>  The following code provided by Wolfgang Schuster demonstrates the problem: Compile with and without the line <tt>\lettabulatesplitlinemode\plustwo</tt> <texcode>\tabulatesplitlinemode \plustwo\starttabulate[|p|]\NCone \par\blank[penalty:10000]two \par\blank[penalty:10000]three\NC\NR\stoptabulate</texcode> The same is true if you use{{cmd|framed}} or something that uses it internally, like [[Widgets]], within Tabulate. =Combining enumerations and tabulations= {{cmd|NI}} (new item) exists since 2017-09-25. {{cmd|itemtag}} is old, but undocumented. Source: http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/mkiv/strc-itm.mkvi?search=itemtag <context mode=mkiv source=yes>\tabulateusestartitemize[n] \defineTABLEshorthandsstarttabulate[|||||]\to NC p \NC \itemtag \NC q \NC r \NC \NR\NC p \NC \itemtag \NC q \NC r \NC \NR\NC p \NC \itemtag \NC q \NC r \NC \NR\NC p \NC \itemtag \NC q \NC r \NC \NR\stoptabulate\everytabulatestopitemize</context>

<texcode>\starttextstartitemize[n]\switchtobodyfontstarttabulate[8pt|||||]\NI x \NC y \NC z \NC \NR\NI x \NC y \NC z \NC \NR\NI x \NC y \NC z \NC \NR\NI x \NC y \NC z \NC \NR\stoptabulate\stopitemize

\startitemize[n]\starttabulate[|p(2cm)|p(3cm)|p(4cm)||]\NI b \NC c \dorecurse{10}{text } NC d \NC \dorecurse{4}{Lorem Ipsum } NR\NCa \NI c \dorecurse{18}{text } NC d \NC\NR\NC a \TWO Short text spanning two tabulate paragraphs. NC b \NI d \NC\NR\dorecurse{17}{text } NC a \NCb \NC c \NI \NR

<context mode=mkiv source=yes> \stoptextstarttabulate[|l|r|r|][EQ={=}] \NC DC \EQ 3.20 bbl \EQ 420 ft \NC\NR \NC HWDP \EQ 3.90 bbl \EQ 450 ft \NC\NR \NC DP \EQ 34.63 bbl \EQ 2.037 ft \NC\NR \NC DC \EQ 41.73 bbl \EQ 2.907 ft \NC\NR \stoptabulate

 =See also= * More features are constantly added and documented in the {{src|tabl-tbl.mkiv|source}}.* {{cmd|starttabulate}}, {{cmd|setuptabulate}}* [[TABLE|Natural Tables]]* {{cmd|starttable}}, <s>{{cmd|setuptable}}</s>