Datatables exact word search

Question

Hi I\'m using datatables and I would like to filter my data by an exact word.

My table data looks like below;

+-----+----------+
| num | status   |
+         


        

Answer 1

Hope this could help. Adding '\\b' at both end will let the table search for whole word only.

var regex = '\\b' + searchKey + '\\b';
.columns().search( regex, true, false).draw();