How to convert HTML table to Javascript Object with jQuery

Question

I am trying to convert this HTML table:

Code:

Answer 1

var tbl = $('#students tr:has(td)').map(function(i, v) {
    var $td =  $('td', this);
        return {
                 id: ++i,
                 name: $td.eq(0).text(),
                 age: $td.eq(1).text(),
                 grade: $td.eq(2).text()               
               }
}).get();

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