jQuery datatables: test if datatables plugin is initialized

Question

I want to check if a table element with say, id=\"datatable\" is datatables-initialized. Something like this:

if ($(\'#datatable\').dataTable().initialized) {
           


        

Answer 1

You can the fnIsDataTable function in jQuery datatable

var ex = document.getElementById('example');
if ( ! $.fn.DataTable.fnIsDataTable( ex ) ) {
  $(ex).dataTable();
}

You can find more information in api