ok, here's the deal. I need to know how to combine multiple fields of the same type. say i have this data in my text file. 
csc, tech, base
csc, comp, acm
csc, mous, base

the table should look something like below, but in an html table with 
+the appropriate rowspans.

rs=rowspan, just usinf to fit on one line
<r></r> means <tr></tr>, just using to fit on one line

<r><td rs=3>csc</td><td rs=1>tech</td><td rs=2>base</td></r>
<tr><td rs=1>comp</td></tr>
<tr><td rs=1>mous</td><td rs=1>acm</td></tr>

to get something like this in an html table

|csc|tech|base|
|   |comp|    |
|   |mous|acm |

[download]
any help would be appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In reply to printing a table in html using data read from a text file by videogamer06

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