Function parse_table_row

scripts/validate_markdown_tables.py:17–74

(row: str)

def parse_table_row(row: str) -> ParsedRow:
    text = row.strip()

    if text.startswith("|"):
        text = text[1:]

    if text.endswith("|"):
        text = text[:-1]

    cells: list[str] = []
    current: list[str] = []
    separator_count = 0
    code_delimiter_length = 0
    backslash_run = 0
    index = 0

    while index < len(text):
        character = text[index]

        if character == "`":
            run_end = index
            while run_end < len(text) and text[run_end] == "`":
                run_end += 1

            run_length = run_end - index
            if code_delimiter_length == 0:
                code_delimiter_length = run_length
            elif run_length == code_delimiter_length:
                code_delimiter_length = 0

            current.append(text[index:run_end])
            backslash_run = 0
            index = run_end
            continue

        if code_delimiter_length == 0 and character == "|":
            if backslash_run % 2 == 1:
                current.append(character)
            else:
                cells.append("".join(current).strip())
                current = []
                separator_count += 1

            backslash_run = 0
            index += 1
            continue

        current.append(character)

        if code_delimiter_length == 0 and character == "\\":
            backslash_run += 1
        else:
            backslash_run = 0

        index += 1

    cells.append("".join(current).strip())
    return ParsedRow(cells=cells, separator_count=separator_count)