Headers

In many table situations you'll find that you want to give a column or row a "title". In our table example, we might want to indicate that the columns are for names and telephone extensions. To do this we'll add two more cells at the top of the table using the <TH ...> (Table Header) tag:

<TABLE BORDER=2>
<TR> <TH>Name</TH>              <TH>Extension</TH> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Raha Mutisya</TD>      <TD>1493</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Shalom Buraka</TD>     <TD>3829</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Hallie Curry</TD>      <TD>8372</TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD>Shari Silberglitt</TD> <TD>4827</TD> </TR>
</TABLE>

which gives us

Name Extension

Raha Mutisya 1493

Shalom Buraka 3829

Hallie Curry 8372

Shari Silberglitt 4827

Name	Extension
Raha Mutisya	1493
Shalom Buraka	3829
Hallie Curry	8372
Shari Silberglitt	4827

<TH ...> can be used to create headers for either rows or columns, or both.

<TABLE BORDER=2>
<TR> <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
     <TH>10 am - noon</TH>
     <TH>noon - 2 pm</TH>
     <TH>2 pm - 4 pm</TH>
     </TR>

<TR> <TH>Monday</TH>
     <TD>Home Ec</TD>
     <TD>Math</TD>
     <TD>Geography</TD>

<TR> <TH>Wednesday</TH>
     <TD>History</TD>
     <TD>Social Studies</TD>
     <TD>P.E.</TD>

<TR> <TH>Friday</TH>
     <TD>Music</TD>
     <TD>Peace Studies</TD>
     <TD>Sleep</TD>

</TABLE>

creates this table which uses <TH ...> to head both rows and columns:

10 am - noon noon - 2 pm 2 pm - 4 pm

Monday Home Ec Math Geography
Wednesday History Social Studies P.E.
Friday Music Peace Studies Sleep

	10 am - noon	noon - 2 pm	2 pm - 4 pm
Monday	Home Ec	Math	Geography
Wednesday	History	Social Studies	P.E.
Friday	Music	Peace Studies	Sleep

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