diff --git a/DocxTemplater.Test/CollectionInTableTest.cs b/DocxTemplater.Test/CollectionInTableTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..329b6f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DocxTemplater.Test/CollectionInTableTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+namespace DocxTemplater.Test
+{
+    internal class CollectionInTableTest
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void CollectionInTableTestRender()
+        {
+
+            using var fileStream = File.OpenRead("Resources/CollectionInTableCell.docx");
+            var docTemplate = new DocxTemplate(fileStream);
+            var data = new MyLessonsReportModel();
+            var lesson1 = new LessonReportModel
+            {
+                Date = DateTime.Now,
+                CourseDisplayName = "Course 1",
+                ParticipantsCount = 10,
+                Resources = new List<string> { "Resource 1", "Resource 2" }
+            };
+            var lesson2 = new LessonReportModel
+            {
+                Date = DateTime.Now.AddDays(1),
+                CourseDisplayName = "Course 2",
+                ParticipantsCount = 20,
+                Resources = new List<string> { "Resource 3", "Resource 4" }
+            };
+            data.Lessons = new List<LessonReportModel> { lesson1 };
+            docTemplate.BindModel("ds", data);
+            var result = docTemplate.Process();
+            docTemplate.Validate();
+            result.SaveAsFileAndOpenInWord();
+        }
+
+        public class MyLessonsReportModel
+        {
+            public IReadOnlyCollection<LessonReportModel> Lessons { get; set; } = new List<LessonReportModel>();
+        }
+
+        public class LessonReportModel
+        {
+            public DateTime Date { get; set; }
+
+            public string CourseDisplayName { get; set; }
+
+            public ICollection<string> Resources { get; set; } = new List<string>();
+
+            public int ParticipantsCount { get; set; }
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/DocxTemplater.Test/DocxTemplater.Test.csproj b/DocxTemplater.Test/DocxTemplater.Test.csproj
index 9db41ff..1fb93c9 100644
--- a/DocxTemplater.Test/DocxTemplater.Test.csproj
+++ b/DocxTemplater.Test/DocxTemplater.Test.csproj
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
     <None Update="Resources\BillTemplate2.docx">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
+    <None Update="Resources\CollectionInTableCell.docx">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </None>
     <None Update="Resources\ComplexTemplate.docx">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </None>
diff --git a/DocxTemplater.Test/Resources/CollectionInTableCell.docx b/DocxTemplater.Test/Resources/CollectionInTableCell.docx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..214aeeb
Binary files /dev/null and b/DocxTemplater.Test/Resources/CollectionInTableCell.docx differ
diff --git a/DocxTemplater/Blocks/CollectionSeparatorBlock.cs b/DocxTemplater/Blocks/CollectionSeparatorBlock.cs
index f0635cd..a5d0872 100644
--- a/DocxTemplater/Blocks/CollectionSeparatorBlock.cs
+++ b/DocxTemplater/Blocks/CollectionSeparatorBlock.cs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public CollectionSeparatorBlock(IVariableReplacer variableReplacer, PatternType
 
         public override void Expand(IModelLookup models, OpenXmlElement parentNode)
         {
-            int count = (int)models.GetValue($"{ParentBlock.StartMatch.Variable}._Idx");
-            int length = (int)models.GetValue($"{ParentBlock.StartMatch.Variable}._Length");
+            int count = (int)models.GetValue($"{ParentBlock.StartMatch.Variable.TrimStart('.')}._Idx");
+            int length = (int)models.GetValue($"{ParentBlock.StartMatch.Variable.TrimStart('.')}._Length");
             // last element is rendered first - get length and count ot to not render the last separator
             if (length - count == 0)
             {