strip html from select input and get unique value

mattB6190

Hi Guys,

hope you can help!!

I have a datatable with select inputs on some columns. For one of my columns it has a specific link generated and embedded per row and displays the text as i have stripped the html i.e <a href="www.bbc.co.uk">Director</a>.

The issue that i am having is that if more than one row had Director it would appear twice in the select input. Whereas i need Director to only appear once.

example here http://live.datatables.net/xehimatu/294/edit

Many Thanks

Matt

kthorngren

The loop generating the selects is:
table.column(idx, {search:'applied'}).data().unique().sort().each( function ( d, j ) {

For director you have two unique values:
<a href="www.skysports.com">Director</a>

and
<a href="www.bbc.co.uk">Director</a>

My suggestion would be to first build an array of the $('<div/>').html(d).text() values then loop through the array to build the select options.

Kevin

mattB6190

@kthorngren Thank you for your advice, sadly everytime i try to build an array it kills the select inputs. Any suggestions.

Thanks again