HTML <td> Tag

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The <td> tag defines a standard data cell in an HTML table.

An HTML table has two kinds of cells:

Header cells - contains header information (created with the <th> element)
Data cells - contains data (created with the <td> element)

The text in <td> elements are regular and left-aligned by default.

The text in <th> elements are bold and centered by default.

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
colspan	number	Specifies the number of columns a cell should span
headers	header_id	Specifies one or more header cells a cell is related to
rowspan	number	Sets the number of rows a cell should span

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <style>
      table,
      th,
      td {
        border: 1px solid black;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>The td element</h1>
    <p>The td element defines a cell in a table:</p>
    <table>
      <tr>
        <td>Cell A</td>
        <td>Cell B</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Cell C</td>
        <td>Cell D</td>
      </tr>
    </table>
  </body>
</html>

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