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Tables
<td> Table Data Element
The table data element, <td> , can be nested inside a
table row element, <tr> , to add a cell of data to a table. <table>
<tr>
<td>cell one data</td>
<td>cell two data</td>
</tr>
</table>

<tr> Table Row Element

The table row element, <tr> , is used to add rows to a
table before adding table data and table headings. <table>
<tr>
...
</tr>
</table>

<thead> Table Head Element

The table head element, <thead> , de nes the headings
of table columns encapsulated in table rows. <table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>heading 1</th>
<th>heading 2</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
rowspan Attribute
Similar to colspan , the rowspan attribute on a table
header or table data element indicates how many rows <table>
that particular cell should span within the table. The <tr>
rowspan value is set to 1 by default and will take any <th>row 1:</th>
positive integer up to 65534.
<td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th rowspan="2">row 2 (this row will
span 2 rows):</th>
<td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>row 3:</th>
<td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
</tr>
</table>

<tbody> Table Body Element

The table body element, <tbody> , is a semantic element
that will contain all table data other than table heading <table>
and table footer content. If used, <tbody> will contain all <tbody>
table row <tr> elements, and indicates that <tr> <tr>
elements make up the body of the table. <table> cannot
<td>row 1</td>
have both <tbody> and <tr> as direct children.
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>row 3</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
colspan Attribute
The colspan attribute on a table header <th> or table
data <td> element indicates how many columns that <table>
particular cell should span within the table. The colspan <tr>
value is set to 1 by default and will take any positive <th>row 1:</th>
integer between 1 and 1000. <td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
<td>col 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>row 2:</th>
<td colspan="2">col 1 (will span
2 columns)</td>
<td>col 2</td>
<td>col 3</td>
</tr>
</table>

<tfoot> Table Footer Element

The table footer element, <tfoot> , uses table rows to
give footer content or to summarize content at the end of <table>
a table. <thead>
<tr>
<th>heading 1</th>
<th>heading 2</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>col 1</td>
<td>col 2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<tfoot>
<tr>
<td>summary of col 1</td>
<td>summary of col 2</td>
</tr>
</tfoot>
</table>
<table> Table Element
In HTML, the <table> element has content that is used to
represent a two-dimensional table made of rows and <table>
columns. <!-- rows and columns will go here -->
</table>

<th> Table Heading Element

The table heading element, <th> , is used to add titles to
rows and columns of a table and must be enclosed in a <table>
table row element, <tr> . <tr>
<th>column one</th>
<th>column two</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
</table>