<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
table, th {
border: 1px solid black;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<th>Cell 1</th>
<th>Cell 2</th>
<th>Cell 3</th>
<th>Cell 4</th>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Click the button to return the position of each cell in the table row.</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var x = document.getElementsByTagName("th");
var txt = "";
var i;
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
txt = txt + "The index of Cell "+(i+1)+" is: "+x[i].cellIndex+"<br>";
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>