Column groups and row groups

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Colored column groups and row groups in the periodic table of the chemical elements.

In tables and matrices, a column group or row group usually refers to a subset of columns or rows, respectively. Short names or notational names include col group or colgroup, and row group or rowgroup. They can have varying uses depending on context:

In mathematics, a
partitioned matrix
is an interpretation of a matrix as being broken down into submatrices which may be more precisely referred to as a collection of row groups and column groups
In web development, colgroup is a
Rowgroup is another HTML attribute.^[3]

financial reporting

), colgroups and rowgroups can be used for constructing tables and matrices which dynamically adjusts the size of their columns and rows, respectively, by displaying the set of columns in the colgroup set (which again is a subset of the underlying data).

In reporting, colgroups and rowgroups can also be used for grouping of collapsible categories in the presentation of a table [5] (with or without aggregation for the groups^[6]). One example of a use case may be if a table contains a lot of detailed information, but there is a want to display summarizing information of groups in the same table.^[5]

See also

References

^ "HTML <colgroup> Tag". GeeksforGeeks. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ "Colgroup HTML". W3schools. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ "Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) - HTML Standard". html.spec.whatwg.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ "Filter, group, and sort data in paginated reports - Microsoft Report Builder & Power BI Report Builder | Microsoft Learn". learn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ ^a ^b "JavaScript Data Grid: Row Grouping - Group Rows". ag-grid.com. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
^ "CloudTables - RowGroup". datatables.net. Retrieved 2022-11-30.

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