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HTML HTML Tables HTML Tables

Viktorija Marszalek
Viktorija Marszalek
2,142 Points
Posted by Viktorija Marszalek
Viktorija Marszalek
2,142 Points

Why my answer is incorrect?

<table> <th> </th> </table>

Why my answer for the task "add a table heading to the table" is not working?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Tables Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>HTML Tables Challenge</h1>

    <!-- Write your code below -->

<table>
  <th>
  </th>
    </table>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

You got ahead of yourself. A th is a header cell, which would go inside a row, and maybe inside a table heading. You can expect to be asked for that later in the challenge.

:point_right: The element name for the table heading itself is thead.