How does draw() work? What does it use to display the result?

prahitha

Debugger code (debug.datatables.net):

table = $('#report_table').DataTable();
var api = table;
api = api.context[0];
api = api.aoPreSearchCols;
for(var i=0; i<4; i++){
// want to change columns 2-5
api[i+2].bRegex = true;
api[i+2].bSmart = false;
api[i+2].sSearch = values[i];
}

Description of problem:
I want to perform a logical OR operation between the columns for a regex search query.
I tried the global search table.search() but it didn't seem to work for regex. Then I tried table.columns().search() but this returned the logical AND, which I believe is because the search is subtractive. So I tried manipulating the API instance and updated the sSearch of each column which is stored in the values array. I then tried table.draw() but got back the same result. Any help in how to implement this is appreciated, thank you!

colin

This example should help. Kevin implemented OR logic for it - it would be worth using that as a starting point,

Colin

prahitha

Thank you! It helped