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• allan Posts: 65,372Questions: 1Answers: 10,846 Site admin

  July 2023 Answer ✓

  You can grab a DataTables API reference as described here. You'll then be able to call draw() on it.

  Allan
• Zuby Posts: 14Questions: 4Answers: 0

  July 2023

  Oh wow. I read that vue installation doc many times but I just didn't get that part. Let me try it. Thanks a lot.
• Zuby Posts: 14Questions: 4Answers: 0

  July 2023 edited July 2023

  But i don't fully understand the code.
  this is the example

  let dt;
  const table = ref(); // This variable is used in the `ref` attribute for the component
   
  onMounted(function () {
    dt = table.value.dt;
  });
  

  if we use let to declare dt. How come dt is appended here table.value.dt and then assigned to dt? I understand the ref and the const table. Pls could you explain a little more.. pls. It will help me know how to use it better

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• allan Posts: 65,372Questions: 1Answers: 10,846 Site admin

  July 2023 Answer ✓

  Vue will make a reference we can access via the table variable (line 2). That reference then has a value.dt property which is assigned by the Vue DataTables component. That is the API reference. We use line 5 to assign it to the simple dt variable for use.

  I don't massively like that part of the API either... Its a little bit too much like "magic"

  Allan
• Zuby Posts: 14Questions: 4Answers: 0

  July 2023

  Yes it does look like magic. I starred at it for a while. Means I can call the variable anything. Great! Your explanation has lifted a lot off my shoulders. Oh thanks alot Allan
• allan Posts: 65,372Questions: 1Answers: 10,846 Site admin

  July 2023

  Means I can call the variable anything.

  Places you right into one of the two really hard problems in programming...

  Allan