Div surrounding grid table does not produce correct output

[jack-kirton]

Pandoc version: 2.9.2.1

Having a div surround a table that pandoc will write as a grid table in markdown creates invalid pandoc markdown, as reading that markdown back into pandoc causes the table to not be recognised as a table.

table-test.txt is a grid table in hand-written markdown.

Running the command pandoc --from=markdown+smart --to=native < table-test.txt | pandoc --from=native --to=markdown+smart produces a grid table surrounded by native markdown div markers, ::: {.div-class} and :::.

Examining the AST by running pandoc --from=markdown+smart --to=native shows that the table was not interpreted as a table but as plain text.

[mb21]

so the output of pandoc table-test.txt -t markdown (which is basically what you're doing) is:

::: {.div-class}
+-------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------------------+
| Col 1 | Col | Col | Col 4                                           |
|       | 2   | 3   |                                                 |
+:=====:+:===:+:===:+:================================================+
| High  | Med | Med | Some description of something.                  |
|       | ium | ium |                                                 |
|       |     |     | Another paragraph to ensure Pandoc produces a   |
|       |     |     | grid table.                                     |
+-------+-----+-----+-------------------------------------------------+
:::

and you would prefer html divs instead of markdown divs, or...?

[jack-kirton]

Sorry for the roundabout series of commands, you are exactly right that is what is produced.
The problem arises when that table is fed back into pandoc as it is no longer recognised as a table, just a paragraph in a div.

[mb21]

ah yes, of course. there are newlines missing...