HTML | DOM Table Object

Last Updated : 31 Jan, 2019

The Table object is used for representing an HTML <table> element. It can be used to create and access a table.

Syntax:

To access table element.:
```
document.getElementById("id");
```
To create a table object:
```
document.createElement("TABLE");
```

Below program illustrates the Table Object :

Example-1: Accessing a <table> element by using the getElementById() method.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Table Object in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        table, 
        td { 
            border: 1px solid green; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Table Object</h2> 
    <br> 
  
    <table id="table" align="center"> 
        <tr> 
            <td>Fork Python</td> 
            <td>Fork Java</td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
            <td>Sudo Placement</td> 
            <td>Fork CPP</td> 
        </tr> 
    </table> 
  
    <p>Double click the "Delete Row"  
      button to remove the second row from the table.</p> 
  
    <button onclick="delete()">Delete Row</button> 
  
    <script> 
        function delete() { 
            
            // Accessing table object. 
            var x = document.getElementById("table"); 
            x.deleteRow(0); 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:
Before Clicking The Button:

After Clicking The Button:

Example-2: Creating a <table> element by using the document.createElement() method.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Table Object in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        table { 
            border: 1px solid green; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>Table Object</h2> 
    <br> 
  
    <p>Double click the "Create" button to create a  
      TABLE, a Table row and a Table cell element.</p> 
  
    <button ondblclick="create()">Create</button> 
  
    <script> 
        function create() { 
            
            // Create table object. 
            var a = document.createElement("TABLE"); 
            a.setAttribute("id", "MyTable"); 
            document.body.appendChild(a); 
  
            var b = document.createElement("TR"); 
            b.setAttribute("id", "MyTr"); 
            document.getElementById("MyTable").appendChild(b); 
  
            var c = document.createElement("TD"); 
            var d = document.createTextNode("Table cell"); 
            c.appendChild(d); 
            document.getElementById("MyTr").appendChild(c); 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 