Sets or retrieves the number of columns in the table.
Syntax
| HTML | <TABLE COLS
= iCount... >
|
|---|
| Scripting | [ iCount = ] TABLE.cols |
|---|
Possible Values
| iCount | Integer that
specifies or receives the number of columns. |
The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
Specifying this number can speed up the processing of the table.
Example
This example uses the COLS attribute and the cols property to set the number of columns in HTML and retrieve the number of columns in script.
<SCRIPT>
function checkCols(oObject)
{
var iColumns = oObject.cols;
alert (iColumns);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<TABLE ID=oTable BORDER COLS=3 >
<TR><TD>Column 1</TD><TD>Column 2</TD><TD>Column 3</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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Standards Information
This property is a Microsoft extension to
HTML 
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To