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10.2. Basic Table Tags
You can create a wide variety of tables with only five tags: the
<table>
tag, which encapsulates a table and its elements in the document's body
content; the
<tr>
tag, which defines a table row; the
<th>
and
<td>
tags,
which define the table's headers and data cells; and the
<caption>
tag,
which defines a title or caption for the table. Beyond these core tags, you
may also define and control whole sections of tables, including adding
running headers and footers, with the
<colgroup>, <col>, <tbody>, <t-
head>
, and
<tfoot>
tags. Each tag has one or more required and optional
attributes, some of which affect not only the tag itself but also related
tags.
10.2.1. The <table> Tag
The
<table>
tag and its
</table>
end tag define and encapsulate a table
within the body of your document. Unless you place them within the
browser window by stylesheet, paragraph, division-level, or other align-
ment options, the browser stops the current text flow, breaks the line,
inserts the table beginning on a new line, and then restarts the text flow
on a new line below the table.
