How do I pull one element from the data array?

DataTablesUser

I need one element from the data array...I don't know how to retrieve it...I tried this:

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var aData2 = oTable.fnGetData();
alert(aData2[3]);
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It returns "undefined"...I need it to return the data from the table


Any ideas?

allan

I would suggest you try:

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var aData2 = oTable.fnGetData();
console.dir(aData2);
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and look on the Javascript console at what is being returned from fnGetData. Given the error, I presume an array of < length 4.

Allan

DataTablesUser

ok ill try it thanks for helping

DataTablesUser

when i did that alert function just to test what the variable would return, it came up with the entire array or at least one row within []....each value in the array is contained within quotes and separated by a comma...and its all in a text file...like this:

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{ "aaData": [["data1","data2","data3","data4","data5","data6","data7"]] }

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but i just wanna pull data4 out of there...but its returning that entire row instead

DataTablesUser

all set now thanks