Most wikis use single or double pipes to separate table cells. Single pipes ({{{|}}}) allow better use of space and are faster to type than double pipes since pipes are not usually needed in table cells.

== Tables in wiki engines (1 Dec 2006)


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double pipes to separate cells (6), 6
single pipes to separate cells (5), 5
single pipes for content and other for header (4), 4
}]

!! Purely single pipes to separate cells

*Instiki
*PBWiki
*TWiki
*TiddlyWiki
*XWiki

!! Single pipes for content, Other for headers

*Confluence (uses || to separate headers)
*DokuWiki (uses ^ to separate headers)
*JSPWiki (uses || to separate headers)
*MicKI ( use |# to separate headers)

!! Purely double pipes to separate cells

*FlexWiki
*MoinMoin
*Oddmuse
*PmWiki
*TracWiki
*UseMod

More details: [[List of Table Markups]]