Table cell
A table cell is one grouping within a table. Cells are grouped horizontally (rows of cells) and vertically (columns of cells). Usually information on the top header of a table and side header will "meet" in the middle at a particular cell with information regarding the two headers it is collinear with.
HTML Usage
Kinds of cells in HTML
A table cell in HTML is a non-empty element and should always be closed. There are two different kinds of table cells in HTML: normal table cells and header cells. <td> denotes a table cell, while <th> denotes a table header. The two can be used interchangeably, but it is recommended that header cells be only used for the top and side headers of a table.
Syntax
A table cell also must be nested within a <table> tag and a <tr> (table row) tag. If there are more table cell tags in any given row than in any other, the particular <tr> must be given a colspan attribute declaring how many columns of cells wide it should be.
Example
An example of an HTML table containing 4 cells:
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 |
| Cell 3 | Cell 4 |
HTML source:
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>
Cell 1
</td>
<td>
Cell 2
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
Cell 3
</td>
<td>
Cell 4
</td>
</tr>
</table>
See also
Cell 1 |
Cell 3 |
Cell 2 | |
Cell 4 |