github markdown colspan

Solution 1:

You can use HTML tables on GitHub (but not on StackOverflow)

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>One</td>
    <td>Two</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2">Three</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Becomes

HTML table output

Solution 2:

Compromise minimum solution:

| One    | Two | Three | Four    | Five  | Six 
| -
| Span <td colspan=3>triple  <td colspan=2>double

So you can omit closing </td> for speed, оr can leave for consistency.

Result from http://markdown-here.com/livedemo.html : markdown table with colspan

Works in Jupyter Markdown.

Update:

As of 2019 year all pipes in the second line are compulsory in Jupyter Markdown.

| One    | Two | Three | Four    | Five  | Six
|-|-|-|-|-|-
| Span <td colspan=3>triple  <td colspan=2>double

minimally:

One    | Two | Three | Four    | Five  | Six
-|||||-
Span <td colspan=3>triple  <td colspan=2>double

Solution 3:

There is no way to do so. Either use an HTML table, or put the same text on several cells.

like this:

| Can Reorder | 2nd operation |2nd operation |2nd operation |
| :---: | --- |
|1st operation|Normal Load <br/>Normal Store| Volatile Load <br/>MonitorEnter|Volatile Store<br/> MonitorExit|
|Normal Load <br/> Normal Store| | | No|
|Volatile Load <br/> MonitorEnter| No|No|No|
|Volatile store <br/> MonitorExit| | No|No|

which looks like

HTML table