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SpanFromBoth

SpanFromBoth
is a symbol that can appear at a particular position in a Grid or related construct to indicate that the corresponding position is occupied by a spanning element that appears above and to its left.
  • {{e, SpanFromLeft, SpanFromLeft, ...}, {SpanFromAbove, SpanFromBoth, SpanFromBoth, ...}, ...}can be used to indicate that an element spans both multiple rows and multiple columns.
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Basic Examples   (2)
Span throughout a 2x2 block:
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Set a red background throughout the spanned region:
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