How to have a table cell that spans two columns in HTML?

Posted by Pgayath on 9/21/2012 | Category: HTML 5 Interview questions | Views: 2333 | Points: 40

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Answer:

The <colspan> tag inside a <th> or <td> tag is used to span the columns.
Let us see an example.

Example:

<html>

<body>



<h4>Cell that spans two columns:</h4>

<table border="1">

<tr>

  <th>Name</th>

  <th colspan="2">Telephone</th>

</tr>

<tr>

  <td>Charles Babbage</td>

  <td>555 89 123</td>

  <td>555 98 321</td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

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