[RESOLVED] What's the use of <span> tag with no attributes?

[Riorin]

I ran into some pages where you have a lot of tables and inside

<td class="someclass">

you have

<span>1.47 (actual data that displays)</span>

</td>


I simply don't get it, what purpose does that empty span tag serve?

[aj_nsc]

Just because it doesn't have a class doesn't mean it doesn't have stylings in a CSS sheet. Eg:

td.someclass span {
  font-weight: bold;
}

The above code will style the span contained in the td with class "someclass"

[Riorin]

Thanks didn't know that!