CSS Properties: How to specify the width and number of columns?

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Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Specifies the document type and version of HTML -->
<html>
<head>
<title>How to specify the width and number of columns</title><!-- Sets the title of the HTML document -->
<style type="text/css"> /* Begins a CSS style block */
.xyz {
-webkit-columns: 100px 3;  /* Sets the width and number of columns for WebKit browsers */
columns: 100px 3; /* Sets the width and number of columns for all browsers */
 } /* Defines styles for elements with the class "xyz" */
</style><!-- Ends the CSS style block -->
</head>
<body>
<div class="xyz"><!-- Starts a division element with a class of "xyz" -->
<h2>w3resource web development Tutorial</h2><!-- Inserts an h2 element with the text "w3resource web development Tutorial" -->
<p>CSS, stands for Cascading Style Sheet is a computer language to describe presentation of HTML and XML web documents.In all the examples of our tutorials, we have used HTML for implementing CSS.
  CSS, stands for Cascading Style Sheet is a computer language to describe presentation of HTML and XML web documents.In all the examples of our tutorials, we have used HTML for implementing CSS.</p><!-- Inserts a paragraph element with text describing CSS -->
</div><!-- Ends the division element with a class of "xyz" -->
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

This HTML document demonstrates how to specify the width and number of columns using the columns property.
The CSS style block defines rules for elements with the class "xyz".
-webkit-columns: 100px 3; and columns: 100px 3; set the width and number of columns to 100 pixels and 3 columns respectively for WebKit browsers and all browsers.

Live Demo:

See the Pen columns-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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