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Tables in HTML
A table is an arrangement of data in rows and columns, or possibly in a more complex
structure. Tables are widely used in communication, research and data analysis.
8 Tables are useful for various tasks such as presenting text information and numerical
data.
8 Table can be used to compare two or more items in tabular form layout.
8 Tables are used to create databases.
HTML tables can be made to perform the exact same function.
Creating a Basic Table
The basic structure of an HTML table consists of the following tags.
8 Table tags : <TABLE> </TABLE>
8 Row tags : <TR> </TR>
8 Cell tags : <TD> </TD>
Constructing an HTML table consists of describing the table between the beginning table tag,
<TABLE>, and the ending table tag, </TABLE>. Between these tags, we then construct each
row and each cell in the row. To do this, we would first start the row with the beginning row
tag, <TR>, and then build the row by creating each cell with the beginning cell tag, <TD>,
adding the data for that cell and then closing the cell with the ending cell tag, </TD>.
When we finish all of the cells for a row, we would then close the row with the ending row
tag, </TR>. Then, for each new row, we would repeat the process of beginning the row,
building each cell in the row and closing the row.
The following table is an example of a basic table with three rows and two columns of data.
Pink Blue
Green Yellow
Orange Black
The codes that generated a table look like this.
<html>
<head>
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