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The TH element defines a table header cell.


<th>header cell</th>

The text within the TH element displayed in bold.

The attributes are same as the TD element.

Example

Column heading

<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>Column heading</th>
<th>Column heading</th>
<th>Column heading</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row1 - Col1</td>
<td>Row1 - Col2</td>
<td>Row1 - Col3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Row2 - Col1</td>
<td>Row2 - Col2</td>
<td>Row2 - Col3</td>
</tr>
</table>
Output
Column heading Column heading Column heading
Row1 - Col1 Row1 - Col2 Row1 - Col3
Row2 - Col1 Row2 - Col2 Row2 - Col3
Row heading

<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>Row heading</th>
<td>Row1 - Col1</td>
<td>Row1 - Col2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Row heading</th>
<td>Row2 - Col1</td>
<td>Row2 - Col2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Row heading</th>
<td>Row3 - Col1</td>
<td>Row3 - Col2</td>
</tr>
</table>
Output
Row heading Row1 - Col1 Row1 - Col2
Row heading Row2 - Col1 Row2 - Col2
Row heading Row3 - Col1 Row3 - Col2