Format tables in Google Colaboratory

Question

The markdown syntax for creating tables does not draw any borders to table cells. How to achieve these stylings in a text cell:

• drawing borders
• alternate row colors

Answer 1

Styling markdown tables isn't currently supported.

Your best bet right now is to render your table as an output where you can control the rendering precisely.

Here's an example with borders and alternating colors: https://colab.research.google.com/notebook#fileId=1oXkzlM0lPbDC8saNRUnkGOjpKCTiDHvM