Function table

markdown_it/rules_block/table.py:59–250

(state: StateBlock, startLine: int, endLine: int, silent: bool)

def table(state: StateBlock, startLine: int, endLine: int, silent: bool) -> bool:
    tbodyLines = None

    # should have at least two lines
    if startLine + 2 > endLine:
        return False

    nextLine = startLine + 1

    if state.sCount[nextLine] < state.blkIndent:
        return False

    if state.is_code_block(nextLine):
        return False

    # first character of the second line should be '|', '-', ':',
    # and no other characters are allowed but spaces;
    # basically, this is the equivalent of /^[-:|][-:|\s]*$/ regexp

    pos = state.bMarks[nextLine] + state.tShift[nextLine]
    if pos >= state.eMarks[nextLine]:
        return False
    first_ch = state.src[pos]
    pos += 1
    if first_ch not in ("|", "-", ":"):
        return False

    if pos >= state.eMarks[nextLine]:
        return False
    second_ch = state.src[pos]
    pos += 1
    if second_ch not in ("|", "-", ":") and not isStrSpace(second_ch):
        return False

    # if first character is '-', then second character must not be a space
    # (due to parsing ambiguity with list)
    if first_ch == "-" and isStrSpace(second_ch):
        return False

    while pos < state.eMarks[nextLine]:
        ch = state.src[pos]

        if ch not in ("|", "-", ":") and not isStrSpace(ch):
            return False

        pos += 1

    lineText = getLine(state, startLine + 1)

    columns = lineText.split("|")
    aligns = []
    for i in range(len(columns)):
        t = columns[i].strip()
        if not t:
            # allow empty columns before and after table, but not in between columns;
            # e.g. allow ` |---| `, disallow ` ---||--- `
            if i == 0 or i == len(columns) - 1:
                continue