Well, I almost had it right the first time: 

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use CGI::Pretty ":standard";

my $q= CGI->new();
print $q->table(
    { -border=>1, -cellpadding=>2, -cellspacing=>2 },
    Tr(
        { -align=>'LEFT', -valign=>'CENTER' },
        [
            $q->td( [ 'one', 1, 'I' ] ),
            $q->td(['one', '1', 'I']),
            $q->td(['two']) . $q->td({-colspan=>'2'}, ['2']),
            $q->td({-colspan=>'2'}, ['three', 'III']),
            $q->td({-colspank=>'3'}, ['four']),
        ]
    )
);

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Thanks to jcwren for including fully functional code so I could test what I wrote.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to Re: Mid-row colspans with CGI.pm by tye
in thread Mid-row colspans with CGI.pm by kudra

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