search exact match and highlight jquery datatable regex

Question

In jquery datatable, I have to filter the result with exact match and highlight it. for exact match I am trying following code but it does not work. fiddle

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Answer 1

Try

$('#search-inp').keyup(function(){
    var key = $(this).val();
    var regExp = "."
    if (key)
        regExp = "^\\s*" + key + "\\s*$";

    table.columns(1).search(regExp, true).draw();
});

When search key is empty always set it to . matches any in regex.