How to get name of datatable column?

Question

I\'m using DataTable 1.10.9 (from https://datatables.net). Columns for the datatable are defined at the initialization step in javascript and each column has a unique name, e.g.

Answer 1

Documentation shows that columns().every() sets this to the current column's column() object. Further examination of the column object shows that it has a column().data() method which returns the data the column contains as an array of values. This should provide the data you need.