HTML5: How to group the header content in a table?

Last update on February 14 2024 12:55:57 (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 group the header content in 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 -->
<thead><!-- Table header section -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<th>Student code</th><!-- Table header cell for "Student code" -->
<th>% of marks</th><!-- Table header cell for "% of marks" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
</thead><!-- End of table header section -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S001</td><!-- Table data cell with content "S001" -->
<td>85</td><!-- Table data cell with content "85" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S002</td><!-- Table data cell with content "S002" -->
<td>86</td><!-- Table data cell with content "86" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S003</td><!-- Table data cell with content "S003" -->
<td>72</td><!-- Table data cell with content "72" -->
</tr><!-- End of table row -->
<tr><!-- Table row element -->
<td>S004</td><!-- Table data cell with content "S004" -->
<td>89</td><!-- Table data cell with content "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 table displaying student information.
The <table> tag creates a table structure with a border attribute.
The <thead> tag defines the header section of the table.
Within the <thead> section, a <tr> tag creates a row, and <th> tags create header cells for "Student code" and "% of marks".
The <tbody> section contains the rows of data, each represented by a <tr> tag.
Within each data row, <td> tags create data cells with specific content representing student codes and percentages of marks.

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