Display of objects inside of array

vhuffman

I am a total newbie to DataTables and I've looked at the examples, but I can't figure my issue out.
I have an Array of Object and I can't figure out how to display them.

I don't have this working on the web, just a local copy.

Here is the data:
javascript_variables: Array[2]
0: Object
name: "variable1"
value: "v1_1234"
proto: Object
1: Object
name: "variable2"
value: "v2_123456789"

aoColumns:
{ "mData": "javascript_variables[, ]", "bSortable": false },

Output in Table on webpage:

[object Object], [object Object]

How can I access the Arrays and then the Object attributes - name and value?

I've tried a few varieties of the following, but haven't been able to figure it out:

Changed my aoColumn definition:
{ "mData": getNameAndValue },

function getNameAndValue(data, type, dataToSet) {
return data.name + "=" + data.value;
}

Thanks,
Vaughn

vhuffman

Here is a link to an example that I'm trying to figure out:
http://live.datatables.net/zefaxija/1/edit

allan

The columns.data option (which is the modern name for the old mData option) can read data from arrays as explained in its documentation. Thus if you want to show a comma separated list of the plug-in names you would use: {"mData": "plugins[, ].name"}.

http://live.datatables.net/zefaxija/2/edit

Allan

vhuffman

Thanks Allan!
I did notice the names changed, but I didn't know which ones are the modern names.
I'll play around with the example, but what I really want to get is something like the following:
plugins.1.name+"="+plugins.1.value+", "+plugins.2.name+"="+plugins.2.value

Thanks again,
Vaughn

allan

For that you would use columns.render as a function. Have data: 'plugins', then the first parameter that is passed into the rendering function is the plugin array and you can simply loop over it building the output string you want.

Allan

vhuffman

Thanks Allan!
I'm really loving the DataTables plugin!