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CREATING TABLES
Tables represent the data in the form of rows and columns. In HTML5, a table is created by
using the <TABLE> tag. The <TABLE> tag should be defined inside the <BODY> tag. It is a
container tag. Different kinds of tables can be created by using the following child tags of the
<TABLE> tag:
✶ <TR>: The <TR> stands for Table Row, and is used to start a row. It ends up with </TR>. It
is a container tag.
✶ <TD>: The <TD> tag stands for Table Data. This tag is used for defining table data, that is,
the data of the cells.
✶ <CAPTION>: This tag is used for defining the title of the table.
✶ <TH>: This tag is used for defining table headings.
Following is an example of a table:
Table: Student
Roll No. Name Grade Gender
1 Aarav B M
2 Gauransh A M
3 Himakshi A F
4 Rakshit B M
Students record
Where, Student is the Title of the table which can be inserted by using the <CAPTION> tag.
Roll No., Name, Grade and Gender are the table headings that can be created by using the
<TH> tag.
CSS Properties Used with <TABLE> Tag
CSS provides various properties that can be used with <TABLE> tag to accomplish various tasks.
They are border, border-style, border-color, border-spacing, width, padding, background-color
and color. These are global properties of CSS which means that these can be used with any
element of HTML. Let us see how to use these properties with <TABLE> tag while creating a
table in HTML.
Using Border Property
The border property of CSS allows you to apply a border to an element of HTML like <TABLE>.
For example:
<style>
table, th, td{border:2px;}
</style>
Preceding code will apply a border of 2px to the table.
Using Border-style Property
The border-style property is used to apply the outline style of border of the table or any other
element. To use this property, it is necessary to use the border property. CSS provides different
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