# Create a markdown table from raw data

This is useful if you want to quickly format a great deal of raw data into a more useful markdown table.

**Prompt**

````txt
You are an expert in data formatting. For the following csv data, output it as a markdown table.
Output the table only. 

```
name,age,occupation
Jane Smith,25,Data Scientist
Bob Johnson,42,Software Developer
Emily Davis,37,Product Manager
```
````

**Output**

```
| Name | Age | Occupation |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jane Smith | 25 | Data Scientist |
| Bob Johnson | 42 | Software Developer |
| Emily Davis | 37 | Product Manager |
```

**API Request**

````python PYTHON
import cohere

co = cohere.Client(api_key="Your API key")
response = co.chat(
    model="command-a-03-2025",
    message="""
You are an expert in data formatting. For the following csv data, output it as a markdown table.
Output the table only. 

```
name,age,occupation
Jane Smith,25,Data Scientist
Bob Johnson,42,Software Developer
Emily Davis,37,Product Manager
```
""",
)
print(response.text)
````

## Related pages

- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cohere](../index.md)
- [Cohere API](./cohere-api-index.md)
- [Cohere Labs](./cohere-labs-index.md)
- [Cohere Platform](./cohere-platform-index.md)
- [Cookbooks](./cookbooks-index.md)
- [Deployment Options](./deployment-options-index.md)
- [Embeddings (Vectors, Search, Retrieval)](./embeddings-vectors-search-retrieval-index.md)
- [Get Started](./get-started-index.md)
- [Going to Production](./going-to-production-index.md)

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