--- tables.module	Tue Nov 29 00:07:36 2005
+++ tables.module	Sun Apr 23 22:51:42 2006
@@ -63,14 +63,21 @@
     else {
       $class=variable_get('tables_default_style', 'tables-elegant');
     }
-    $rows=explode("\n", $tablein);
+
+    // Before pulling rows rows out, remove empty rows.  Also remove leading
+    // and trailing empty rows, since these will mess up the header.
+    preg_replace("/\n\+/m", "\n", $tablein);
+    $rows=explode("\n", trim($tablein));
+
     $j=0;
     $num_rows=count($rows);
     $num_cols=0;
     while (isset($rows[$j])) {
       $cells[$j]=explode('|', $rows[$j]);
       $cells[$j]=array_map('trim', $cells[$j]);
-      if (count($cells[$j]>$num_cols)) {
+
+      // Grow column count, if this row has more columns.
+      if (count($cells[$j]) > $num_cols) {
         $num_cols=count($cells[$j]);
       }
       $j++;