Cell padding is used for formatting purpose
which is used to specify the space needed between the edges of the cells
and also in the cell contents.
The general format of specifying cell padding is as follows:
< table width="100" border="2" cellpadding="5">
The above adds 5 pixels of padding inside each cell .
Cell Spacing:
Cell spacing is one also used f formatting but there is a major
difference between cell padding and cell spacing. It is as follows: Cell
padding is used to set extra space which is used to separate cell walls
from their contents. But in contrast cell spacing is used to set space
between cells.
The general format of specifying cell spacing is as follows:
< table width="100" border="2" cellspacing="20">
One can also apply cell spacing and cell padding together. It is done as follows:
< table width="100" border="2" cellpadding="5" cellspacing ="20">
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waht are teh uses and difference between cell spacing/padding

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