DataTables example Row created callback

The following example shows how a callback function can be used to format a particular row at draw time. For each row that is generated for display, the createdRowDT function is called once and once only. It is passed the create row node which can then be modified.

In this case a trivial example of making the 'salary' column blue and bold by adding a CSS class to the container cell if the salary is greater than $4,000. Note that columns.createdCellDT could also be used to create exactly the same effect.

NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
NamePositionOfficeAgeStart dateSalary
Airi Satou Accountant Tokyo 33 2008/11/28 $162,700
Angelica Ramos Chief Executive Officer (CEO) London 47 2009/10/09 $1,200,000
Ashton Cox Junior Technical Author San Francisco 66 2009/01/12 $86,000
Bradley Greer Software Engineer London 41 2012/10/13 $132,000
Brenden Wagner Software Engineer San Francisco 28 2011/06/07 $206,850
Brielle Williamson Integration Specialist New York 61 2012/12/02 $372,000
Bruno Nash Software Engineer London 38 2011/05/03 $163,500
Caesar Vance Pre-Sales Support New York 21 2011/12/12 $106,450
Cara Stevens Sales Assistant New York 46 2011/12/06 $145,600
Cedric Kelly Senior Javascript Developer Edinburgh 22 2012/03/29 $433,060
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The Javascript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

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$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#example').dataTable( {
        "createdRow": function ( row, data, index ) {
            if ( data[5].replace(/[\$,]/g, '') * 1 > 4000 ) {
                $('td', row).eq(5).addClass('highlight');
            }
        }
    } );
} );

In addition to the above code, the following Javascript library files are loaded for use in this example: