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HTML HTML Tables HTML Tables

David Rajewski
David Rajewski
4,297 Points
Posted by David Rajewski
David Rajewski
4,297 Points

Table Header Problem?

I am on the table header code challenge and it can't find my table header code.

I submitted: <table style="width:300px"> <tr> <th>Firstname</th> <th>Lastname</th>
<th>Points</th> </tr> <tr> <tr> <td>Jill</td> <td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Eve</td> <td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td> </tr> <tr> <td>John</td> <td>Doe</td>
<td>80</td> </tr> </table>

I copied and pasted from W3schools.com just to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong. Am I missing something?

Thanks, David

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Tables Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>HTML Tables Challenge</h1>

    <!-- Write your code below -->
        <table>
      <thead>
        <tr>
          <th>Any</th>
          <th>Text</th>
        </tr>
      </thead>
      <tbody>
        <tr>
          <td>Table</td>
          <td>Body</td>
          <td>Text</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td colspan="2"></td>
        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Shawn Gregory
PLUS
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 Points
Shawn Gregory
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 Points

Hello,

Your problem stems from mismatching columns. In the header of the table you defined two columns; however, in the table body you have three columns defined. You have one too many columns in your body. Remove one of the columns and the challenge should pass. Hope this helps.

Cheers!

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Uh the code passes

David Rajewski
David Rajewski
4,297 Points
David Rajewski
David Rajewski
4,297 Points

Thanks guys! Just knocked it out, I forgot the <thead> -____- haha

The fast responses are very much appreciated!

Best, David