I've got what I Think is an array of objects like this console.log shows
Array(39) [ {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, {…}, … ]
0: Object { Name: "Jason", Grade: 12 }
What code should I use to format it so that the jQuery datatable will let me set this as the source?
I tried to do this, but it gives me an error:
$.myjQuery = function(testData) {
$('#example').DataTable({
data: testData,
columns: [
{ title: 'Name' },
{ title: 'Grade' },
],
});
Looking at the documentation
and Forums
You need
columns: [
{ data: 'Name' },
{ data: 'Grade' },
]
using your data
const dataSet = [
{ Name: "Jason", Grade: 12 },
{ Name: "Mike", Grade: 11 },
{ Name: "Freddie", Grade: 10 }]
$(function () {
$('#example').DataTable({
data: dataSet,
columns: [
{ data: 'Name' },
{ data: 'Grade' },
],
});
});<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.12.1/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.12.1/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css" />
<table id="example" class="display" width="100%"></table>Or THIS when converting to nested arrays
const yourArray = [
{ Name: "Jason", Grade: 12 },
{ Name: "Mike", Grade: 11 },
{ Name: "Freddie", Grade: 10 }]
const dataSet = yourArray.map(({Name,Grade}) => [Name,Grade])
$(function () {
$('#example').DataTable({
data: dataSet,
columns: [
{ title: 'Name' },
{ title: 'Grade' },
],
});
});<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.12.1/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.12.1/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css" />
<table id="example" class="display" width="100%"></table>