Loop through DataTables table to get all cells content

Question

I am using jquery dataTables to generate the paginated table on my site. I need to run a process that grabs all of the data out of a particular column. Something like :

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Answer 1

jQuery.map combined with fnGetData() makes for a compact solution. The following function will return a one-dimensional array containing all the values from obj_dtable's nth column:

function getDataTableColumn(obj_dtable,n) {
    return $.map(obj_dtable.fnGetData(), function(val) {
        return val[n];
    });
};