colspan in created table

[Topeka]

Hey, so im making a table by createElement('table') ('tr') ('td') yada yada

and i created it like to have it like this

1st row 1 column
2nd row 1 column
3rd row 1 column
4th row 2 columns
5th row 2 columns
6th row 2 columns

and at the end ive wanted to set the attribute colspan to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, row so it fills the 2 columns. But i do not know why it doesn not work.

cell2.setAttribute("colspan", "2");

cell2 = the only 'td' of row 2
So bascially what am i doing wrong?

i think its "working" (as in setting the attribute) but since i created the table somehow it thinks that there isnt 2 tds to fill. so it looks the same.


I have the code if you wanna see it. I dont have a site that shows it cause i created it though notepad so yeah if you can help that would be great.

[Wormopolis]

I would just access directly instead of using setAttribute.

table.rows[0].cells[0].colSpan=2;
table.rows[1].cells[0].colSpan=2;
table.rows[2].cells[0].colSpan=2;


those 3 rows ONLY have 1 cell in them right?

[Topeka]

MAN. i wrote this whole this to show you what i was doing and i figured it out -.-
Stupid capital letters
cell1.setAttribute("colSpan", "2")

that works.
aint it just great

also. doing the
tabl1.tblbody1.row1.cell1.colSpan=2; kept comming up with null or not an object. so idk what was wrong w/ that.

Now the fun begins with making all of this into an array -.-
Thx wormo.

[Wormopolis]

you left out the brackets. and you dont need tbody:

tablename.rows[0].cells[0].colSpan=2;


but good you got it working nonetheless!

[Topeka]

why would i need the brackets? i have the var rows/cells set up as

var row1 = document.createElement('tr');
var cell1 = document.createElement('td');

var row2 = tr
var cell2 = td

i havent done the array to them.