HTML5: How to define a table?

Last update on February 14 2024 12:55:30 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Define document type as HTML -->
<html><!-- Begin HTML document -->
<head><!-- Start of document header -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Define character encoding -->
<title>How to define a table</title><!-- Title of the HTML page -->
</head><!-- End of document header -->
<body><!-- Start of document body -->
<table border="1"><!-- Table element with border attribute set to "1" -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<th>Student code </th><!-- Table header cell for student code column -->
<th>% of marks </th><!-- Table header cell for percentage of marks column -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S001</td><!-- Table data cell with student code "S001" -->
<td>85</td><!-- Table data cell with marks percentage "85" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S002</td><!-- Table data cell with student code "S002" -->
<td>86</td><!-- Table data cell with marks percentage "86" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S003</td><!-- Table data cell with student code "S003" -->
<td>72</td><!-- Table data cell with marks percentage "72" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S004</td><!-- Table data cell with student code "S004" -->
<td>89</td><!-- Table data cell with marks percentage "89" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
</table><!-- End of table -->
</body><!-- End of document body -->
</html><!-- End of HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML code defines a webpage with a simple table displaying student codes and their corresponding percentages of marks.
The <table> tag creates a table structure.
Each row of the table is defined by the <tr> (table row) tag.
Within each row, data cells are defined using the <td> (table data) tag for non-header cells and <th> (table header) tag for header cells.
The table includes two columns: "Student code" and "% of marks", represented by the <th> elements in the first row.
Subsequent rows contain student codes and their respective marks percentages within <td> elements.
The border="1" attribute in the <table> tag adds a border around the table cells for better visualization.

Live Demo:

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