title: HTML Table help alternating number of cells
body: <p>What is the proper HTML if I want to alternate the number of cells in each row? I want 2 cells is row 1, 3 in row 2, 2 in 3 , 3 in 4 etc... Similar to a brick wall. I have this so far, but it doesn't render like I would like. I know I could do this nesting tables, but can I do this with one table?  </p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;table border="1" cellpadding="10"&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td colspan="1.5"&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td colspan="1.5"&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td colspan="1.5"&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td colspan="1.5"&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
   &lt;/tr&gt;
   &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td colspan="1.5"&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td colspan="1.5"&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
    &lt;/tr&gt;
    &lt;tr&gt;
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
      &lt;td&gt; &lt;span&gt; X &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt; 
   &lt;/tr&gt;
  &lt;/table&gt;
  </code></pre>