R markdown table with a caption

Question

I\'m trying to create a table outside of a code chunk using normal markdown notation and to add a caption to it. Here\'s an example file (taken from here:

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Answer 1

The linked guide refers to MultiMarkdown, while RMarkdown uses Pandocs. Captions work a little bit differently in Pandoc. The following should do the trick. The syntax is Table: followed by your caption; Pandocs numbers automatically. Leave one line blank between the end of the table and the caption line.

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output: pdf_document
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| First Header  | Second Header | Third Header         |
| :------------ | :-----------: | -------------------: |
| First row     | Data          | Very long data entry |
| Second row    | **Cell**      | *Cell*               |
| Third row     | Cell that spans across two columns  ||

Table: Your Caption