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HTML <col> char Attribute

HTML col Tag Reference HTML <col> tag

Example

In the example below, the content of the second column should be aligned to the "." character:

<table width="100%" border="1">
  <col align="left" />
  <col align="char" char="." />
  <tr>
    <th>Month</th>
    <th>Savings</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>January</td>
    <td>$100.00</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>February</td>
    <td>$10.00</td>
  </tr>
</table>

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Browser Support

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Note: The char attribute is not supported by any of the major browsers.

Definition and Usage

The char attribute specifies the alignment of the content related to a col element, to a character.

The char attribute can only be used if the align attribute is set to "char".

The default value of char is the decimal-point character of the page language.

Syntax

<col char="character">

Attribute Values

Value Description
character Specifies the character to align the content to

HTML col Tag Reference HTML <col> tag
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