What does a table tag do in HTML?

Answer 1

A TABLE in HTML is a way to display data in rows and colums. A simple example is shown below and the atributes that can be used.

First Row - First Cell	First Row - Secon Cell
Second Row - First Cell	Second Row - Second Cell

This opens the table then defines a row. Within that row you are placing two data items. You are then closing the row. You are then defining the second row. Within that row you are placing the next two data items. You are then closing the row. You are then closing the table.

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Answer 2

Some advantages to using tabs only include that tabs:

• are a simple, one keystroke function
• can be set anywhere on a page
• set off certain information, such as a return address on a business letter

Tabs cannot:

• organize large columns of data
• present a clean view of data
• be easily restructured to allow for a change in data or additional data
• always hold their alignment between different programs
• always hold their alignment when copied to E-mail

Rather than tabs, tables can:

• provide a "quick view" of data
• organize any amount of data
• hold large amounts of data
• be easily expanded to hold more data
• can be reorganized, such as alphabetizing
• can help to see patterns in data
• can help to see missing data, especially in large amounts of data
• can help to see skewed data or data-heavy columns

Example: You work with 3 schools to oversee the Track and Field Teams. Each team must have 12 students plus four alternates. The School Board wishes that each team has at least 1/4th made up of females. Each team meets for 2 hour drills three times a week, on M-W-F, and students must attend 90% of their practice drills in a 10 week period. In addition, each student must maintain a C-average; each student must bring documentation to show you their grades during Week 1, Week 5, and Week 10.

Design a way to present all of these factors by only using the Tab feature in Word.

Design a way to present all of these factors by using a single Table, with however many columns you need.

You will quickly see that it is less confusing to use a table. The table can hold most or all of the data elements given in the description. It would be easy to add data as the weeks progressed. It would be easy to see which students complied with the rules, and which were missing the requirements (attendance + grades).

Answer 3

Creates a table with rows and columns. By default the border is invisible so you have to mention border-size in the table tag or the css code. Here is a sample

<table width='600px' border='2px solid black'>

<tr>

<th>Country</th>

<th>Capital</th>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>USA</td>

<td>Washington</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Egypt</td>

<td>Cairo</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>Sri Lanka</td>

<td>Colombo</td>

</tr>

</table>

Table tags are not recommended for form elements any more and div tag is currently used instead

Answer 4

HTML Tables are best to use when you have to display data in tabular form or the way you see it in an MS Excel spreadsheet. Let us say you logon to a website to see your examination results, and the website shows the results like

Maths 75, English 82, Science 77 etc...

You may understand the results but it is not something that would be nice to see and easy to understand for a layman. Instead if the output is like

Subject Marks

English 75

Maths 82

Science 77

etc..

It is easier to understand and interpret the website.

Answer 5

Tables are very useful for HTML as they arrange the data. Some data needs to be organized as tables so are very important.