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<td> defines a standard data cell in a html table. An html table has two kinds of cells. They are Header cells - contains header information (created with the <th> element) Data cells - contains data (created with the <td> element)
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<table>
<tr>
<th>Column 1 Heading</th>
<th>Column 2 Heading</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data in Column 1, Row 2</td>
<td>Data in Column 2, Row 2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data in Column 1, Row 3</td>
<td>Data in Column 2, Row 3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Data in Column 1, Row 4</td>
<td>Data in Column 2, Row 4</td>
</tr>
</table>
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// Assuming we have a table with an id "myTable" and we want to extract the content of the second cell in the first row
// Using JavaScript
var table = document.getElementById("myTable"); // Get the table element
var cellValue = table.rows[0].cells[1].innerHTML; // Access the cell value
// Using jQuery
var cellValue = $("#myTable tr:first td:eq(1)").html(); // Access the cell value
console.log(cellValue); // Print or use the cell value as per your requirement