HTML | <col> char Attribute

Last Updated : 31 Oct, 2019

The HTML <col> char attribute is used to set the alignment of the content in a column in a character. It can only be used if the align attribute is set to “character”. The default value of char is the decimal-point character of the page language.

Syntax:

<col char="character">

Attribute Values:

character: It specifies the alignment of content to a character.

Note: It is not supported by HTML 5. CSS property is used instead of this attribute.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        HTML col char Attribute  
    </title>  
</head>  
  
<body>  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>  
  
    <h2>HTML col char Attribute</h2>  
  
    <table border="1">  
        <caption>Author Details</caption>  
  
        <col width="150" align="char" char="." >  
        <col width="80" align="char" char=".">  
        <col width="120" align="char" char=".">  
          
        <tr>  
            <th>NAME</th>  
            <th>AGE</th>  
            <th>BRANCH</th>  
        </tr>  
        <tr>  
            <td>BITTU</td>  
            <td>22</td>  
            <td>CSE</td>  
        </tr>  
        <tr>  
            <td>RAM</td>  
            <td>21</td>  
            <td>ECE</td>  
        </tr>  
    </table>  
</body>  
  
</html> 