HTML char attribute
char
The purpose of the HTML char attribute is to define the axis of alignment for a block of text.
Supported elements
HTML char attribute supports col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr element.
Syntax
<element align="char" char="." />
Where ElementName is any supported element.
Type of value
Type of value of HTML char attribute is a character.
Value
A character (like '.', ',').
Default value
The default value for this attribute is the decimal point character for the current language as set by the lang attribute (e.g., the period (".") in English and the comma (",") in French).
Supported doctypes
HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.
Example of HTML char attribute with col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML char attribute with col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr</title>
</head>
<body>
<table width="200" border="1">
<col align="left"/>
<col align="char" char="." />
<tr>
<th>Employee Code </th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>EM001</td>
<td>$12160.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Em002</td>
<td>$12450.00</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Result

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Example of HTML char attribute with col, colgroup, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr.
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