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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>HTML <col> char Attribute
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>
<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
Note: The char attribute is not supported by any of the major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The <col> char attribute is not supported in HTML5.
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
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