Filtering Table rows using Jquery

Question

I found a Jquery script that does the table filtering stuff based on input field. This script basically takes the filter, splits each word and filters table rows with each w

Answer 1

There's no need to build an array. You can address the DOM directly.

Try :

rows.hide();
$.each(data, function(i, v){
    rows.filter(":contains('" + v + "')").show();
});

DEMO

EDIT

To discover the qualifying rows without displaying them immediately, then pass them to a function :

$("#searchInput").keyup(function() {
    var rows = $("#fbody").find("tr").hide();
    var data = this.value.split(" ");
    var _rows = $();//an empty jQuery collection
    $.each(data, function(i, v) {
        _rows.add(rows.filter(":contains('" + v + "')");
    });
    myFunction(_rows);
});

UPDATED DEMO