span

Span (NISO JATS table model)

The number of columns that will share the <col> or <colgroup> element’s attributes. (This attribute is based on and intended to be converted easily to the XHMTL span attribute.)

Used on Elements: <col>, <colgroup>

ValueMeaning
A counting numberHow many columns will have the same attributes, for example, “3”.
Default value1 (The attributes are for this column only.)

Example

...
<table border="1">
<colgroup>
<col span="1"/>
<col align="char" char="," charoff="50" span="1"/>
</colgroup>
...</table>
...