```
% pandoc -f html -t markdown
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">A</td>
<td rowspan="1" colspan="2">F</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td colspan="2">B</td>
<td colspan="2">H</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">D</td>
<td colspan="2">E</td>
<td>G</td>
</tr>
</table>
^D
+---+---+---+---+---+
| A         | F     |
+---+-------+-------+
| C | B     | H     |
+---+---+---+---+---+
| D     | E     | G |
+-------+-------+---+
```

```
% pandoc -f html -t markdown
<table>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">A</td>
<td colspan="2">J</td>
<td rowspan="3">F</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="3">C</td>
<td>B</td>
<td rowspan="2" colspan="2">H</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>D</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">K</td>
</tr>
</table>
^D
+---+---+-------+---+
| A     | J     | F |
+---+---+-------+   |
| C | B | H     |   |
|   +---+       |   |
|   | D |       |   |
|   +---+-------+---+
|   | K             |
+---+---------------+
```

```
% pandoc -f html -t markdown-simple_tables-multiline_tables-pipe_tables
<table>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>a</td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td></td>
      <td></td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
^D
+---+---+
| a |   |
+---+---+
|   |   |
+---+---+
```