What is Colspan and why do we use it?

Answer 1

Colspan means a cell spans the specified number of columns.
It is required to tell a cell in your table "occupies an unusual horizontal amount of squares".

For usage examples, I recommend you see http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_td_colspan.asp

Answer 2

thank you

Answer 3

colspan is a command used in tables format to extend no. of block of rows of a table into a single block or multiple blocks

Answer 4

When you are making any table and suppose you would like to merge colum for one word you can use colspan. I believe you got it now ☺

Answer 5

good explanation