column().search() returns not a javascript String

wshenk

I found column().search() returns like a JQuery object, rather than a javascript String which mentioned in doc https://datatables.net/reference/api/column().search(). Please correct me if wrong.
So how to get the string in searching? Thanks.

kthorngren

In this test case column().search() returns a string:
http://live.datatables.net/qisoyogu/1/edit

Are you doing something different?

Kevin

colin

Hi @wshenk ,

Note there's a getter (returns string) and a setter (returns DataTables API instance) for columns().search() - so I just suspect you're doing a setter. See Kevin's updated example here : http://live.datatables.net/qisoyogu/4/edit

Cheers,

Colin

wshenk

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for your quick response.
It's my bad. I'm using function dataTable.columns() which is incorrect in my case, it should be dataTable.column() without 's'.
The column().search() returns a String, this is expected.