HTML Tables

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML Table is used to create a table using <table> tag. In table, each row is specified using <tr> tag and a table header is defined using <th> tag. A table data is defined using <td> tag.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

<table>
<tr>
<th>Table Header</th>
<th>Table Header</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Table data</td>
<td>Table data</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Table data</td>
<td>Table data</td>
</tr>
</table>

HTML table attributes

Attribute	Explanation
colspan	It is used to span a table cell across column of a table.
rowspan	It is used to span a table cell across rows of a table.

HTML caption element

We can also set caption for a table using HTML caption element.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

<caption>text</caption>

Example

Let us see an example of HTML Tables:

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      height: 100vh;
      background-color: #8BC6EC;
      background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #8BC6EC 0%, #9599E2 100%);
      text-align: center;
   }
   table {
      margin: 2rem auto;
      width: 400px;
   }
   caption {
      color: #fff;
      font-size: 1.5rem;
   }
</style>
<body>
<h1>HTML Tables</h1>
<table border="2">
<caption>Student Data</caption>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Roll No.</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John</td>
<td>031717</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Elon</td>
<td>051717</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>