Get column name by index

UdiD

Is there a way to get a column name (i.e., the name defined using columns.name option), which is more direct than the following one?

var exampleIndex = 3;
var columnName = table.settings().init().columns[exampleIndex].name;

bindrid

i typically declare my columns separate so I can access that information, something like

var cols = null;
$(document).ready(function(){
cols = [{}, {}, {}]

 $("#example").DataTable({columns:cols});

})

allan

This is something that will be added in DataTables 2. There isn't an API for getting the name in 1.x I'm afraid.

v2 won't be launching until sometime next year before you ask . I'm not sure when - there is still a lot of work to do on it!

Until then, I would suggest wrapping your code up into a plug-in API method.

Allan