<td>
Description
This element creates a cell in a table.
This element is used in conjunction with the <table> and <tr> elements.
For each table row(<tr>
) you can have one or more table details(<td>,cells).
Example
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Cell 1</td>
<td>Cell 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cell 3</td>
<td>Cell 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body><!-- w ww . jav a 2 s. c o m-->
</html>
The code above generates the following result.
colspan attribute
This attribute determines how many columns in a table a particular cell spans.
<html>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th colspan="3">First Header (3 cells spanned)</th>
<th>Second Header</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="79">Cell 1 content</td>
<td height="79">Cell 2 content</td>
<td height="79">Cell 3 content</td>
<td height="79">Cell 4 content</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body><!--from w w w . ja v a 2 s . c o m-->
</html>
The code above generates the following result.