BBEdit Create Markdown Table Row with BBEdit

create_markdown_row_in_bbedit.applescript

-- by Ryan Wilcox, March 30, 2012, licensed under Public Domain

tell application "BBEdit"
	tell window 1
		set theRes to display dialog "Create how many columns?" default answer "3"
		set columnNum to (text returned of theRes as number)
		
		set insertionP to get selection
		set tableColumnText to "| <##> "
		set tableRowText to ""
		
		repeat columnNum times
			set tableRowText to tableRowText & tableColumnText
		end repeat
		
		set tableRowText to tableRowText & "| <##>"
		
		set text of insertionP to tableRowText & (text of insertionP)
		select (first character of selection)
	end tell
end tell