jQuery: How to count table columns?

Answer 1

Pass in a table with something like $('foo#table') or $('table:first')

function getColumnCount(e) { //Expects jQuery table object
    var c= 0;
    e.find('tbody tr:first td').map(function(i,o) { c += ( $(o).attr('colspan') === undefined ? 1 : parseInt($(o).attr('colspan')) ) } );
    return c;
}