This attribute allows a single column in a table to occupy space that might ordinarily be occupied by several columns.
Associated Tags
td, th
Warning: If the colspan
specified is greater than the number of columns in the table, then a new column is created on the far right. While HTML usually ignores numbers greater than the number of columns and makes the row span all columns without creating new columns, Reader creates an empty, additional column.
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