Searching for sub-string from Cell value

ak11

Hello,

Using DataTables and set up columns like:

columns: [
                   ...
                    { data: "Location" }
                ],

Location data in a cell could be - "Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco"

In my javascript, I use

DataTable().getSelectedRow().data().Location.search("New York")

It works if search term is the first term but does not work in above scenario where New York is the second city listed.

When I assign the value of DataTable().getSelectedRow().data().Location to a variable, I see the complete string. So the search function seems to be an issue.

What can the solution be?

Thanks,

kthorngren

AFAIK getSelectedRow() is not a Datatables API. Are you using a third party plugin that provides the getSelectedRow() API?

Typically column().search() is used to search columns with Datatables.

Can you post a link to your page or a test case so we can take a look?
https://datatables.net/manual/tech-notes/10#How-to-provide-a-test-case

Kevin

kthorngren

Are you trying to do something like this to get the index from the Javascript string search method?
http://live.datatables.net/yayamosi/1/edit

Kevin

ak11

Thanks again for your assistance Kevin