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9. Tables

Tables are a bit more complex and you should reference [ DocBook: The Definitive Guide ] to get more information on them. Here is a simple example:

<table frame=all><title>Sample Table</title>
<tgroup cols=2 align=left colsep=1 rowsep=1>

<thead>
   <row>
   <entry>Examples</entry>
   <entry>What they mean</entry>
   </row>
</thead>

<tbody>
   <row>
      <entry>s1 == s2</entry>
      <entry>s1 matches s2</entry>
   </row>

   <row>
      <entry>s1 != s2</entry>
      <entry>s1 does not match s2</entry>
   </row>

   <row>
      <entry>s1 < s2</entry>
      <entry>--TO-DO--</entry>
   </row>

   <row>
      <entry>s1 > s2</entry>
      <entry>--TO-DO--</entry>
   </row>

   <row>
      <entry>-n s1</entry>
      <entry>s1 is not null (contains one or more characters)</entry>
   </row>

   <row>
      <entry>-z s1</entry>
      <entry>s1 is null (Does NOT contain any characters)</entry>
   </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>

And here's the table parsed:

Table 1. Sample Table

Examples	What they mean
s1 == s2	s1 matches s2
s1 != s2	s1 does not match s2
s1 < s2	s1 is less than s2
s1 > s2	s1 is greater than s2
-n s1	s1 is not null (contains one or more characters)
-z s1	s1 is null (Does NOT contain any characters)