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$(document).ready(function() {
   var table = $('#example').DataTable({
      'columnDefs': [
         {
            'targets': 0,
            'checkboxes': true
         }
      ],
      'order': [[1, 'asc']]
   });
});
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<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
   <thead>
      <tr>
         <th></th>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Position</th>
         <th>Office</th>
         <th>Extn</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </thead>
   <tbody>
       <tr>
           <td>1</td>
           <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
           <td>System Architect</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>61</td>
           <td>2011/04/25</td>
           <td>$320,800</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>2</td>
           <td>Garrett Winters</td>
           <td>Accountant</td>
           <td>Tokyo</td>
           <td>63</td>
           <td>2011/07/25</td>
           <td>$170,750</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>3</td>
           <td>Ashton Cox</td>
           <td>Junior Technical Author</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>66</td>
           <td>2009/01/12</td>
           <td>$86,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>4</td>
           <td>Cedric Kelly</td>
           <td>Senior Javascript Developer</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>22</td>
           <td>2012/03/29</td>
           <td>$433,060</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>5</td>
           <td>Airi Satou</td>
           <td>Accountant</td>
           <td>Tokyo</td>
           <td>33</td>
           <td>2008/11/28</td>
           <td>$162,700</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>6</td>
           <td>Brielle Williamson</td>
           <td>Integration Specialist</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>61</td>
           <td>2012/12/02</td>
           <td>$372,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>7</td>
           <td>Herrod Chandler</td>
           <td>Sales Assistant</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>59</td>
           <td>2012/08/06</td>
           <td>$137,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>8</td>
           <td>Rhona Davidson</td>
           <td>Integration Specialist</td>
           <td>Tokyo</td>
           <td>55</td>
           <td>2010/10/14</td>
           <td>$327,900</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>9</td>
           <td>Colleen Hurst</td>
           <td>Javascript Developer</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>39</td>
           <td>2009/09/15</td>
           <td>$205,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>10</td>
           <td>Sonya Frost</td>
           <td>Software Engineer</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>23</td>
           <td>2008/12/13</td>
           <td>$103,600</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>11</td>
           <td>Jena Gaines</td>
           <td>Office Manager</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>30</td>
           <td>2008/12/19</td>
           <td>$90,560</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>12</td>
           <td>Quinn Flynn</td>
           <td>Support Lead</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>22</td>
           <td>2013/03/03</td>
           <td>$342,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>13</td>
           <td>Charde Marshall</td>
           <td>Regional Director</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>36</td>
           <td>2008/10/16</td>
           <td>$470,600</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>14</td>
           <td>Haley Kennedy</td>
           <td>Senior Marketing Designer</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>43</td>
           <td>2012/12/18</td>
           <td>$313,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>15</td>
           <td>Tatyana Fitzpatrick</td>
           <td>Regional Director</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>19</td>
           <td>2010/03/17</td>
           <td>$385,750</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>16</td>
           <td>Michael Silva</td>
           <td>Marketing Designer</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>66</td>
           <td>2012/11/27</td>
           <td>$198,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>17</td>
           <td>Paul Byrd</td>
           <td>Chief Financial Officer (CFO)</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>64</td>
           <td>2010/06/09</td>
           <td>$725,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>18</td>
           <td>Gloria Little</td>
           <td>Systems Administrator</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>59</td>
           <td>2009/04/10</td>
           <td>$237,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>19</td>
           <td>Bradley Greer</td>
           <td>Software Engineer</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>41</td>
           <td>2012/10/13</td>
           <td>$132,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>20</td>
           <td>Dai Rios</td>
           <td>Personnel Lead</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>35</td>
           <td>2012/09/26</td>
           <td>$217,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>21</td>
           <td>Jenette Caldwell</td>
           <td>Development Lead</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>30</td>
           <td>2011/09/03</td>
           <td>$345,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>22</td>
           <td>Yuri Berry</td>
           <td>Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>40</td>
           <td>2009/06/25</td>
           <td>$675,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>23</td>
           <td>Caesar Vance</td>
           <td>Pre-Sales Support</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>21</td>
           <td>2011/12/12</td>
           <td>$106,450</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>24</td>
           <td>Doris Wilder</td>
           <td>Sales Assistant</td>
           <td>Sidney</td>
           <td>23</td>
           <td>2010/09/20</td>
           <td>$85,600</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>25</td>
           <td>Angelica Ramos</td>
           <td>Chief Executive Officer (CEO)</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>47</td>
           <td>2009/10/09</td>
           <td>$1,200,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>26</td>
           <td>Gavin Joyce</td>
           <td>Developer</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>42</td>
           <td>2010/12/22</td>
           <td>$92,575</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>27</td>
           <td>Jennifer Chang</td>
           <td>Regional Director</td>
           <td>Singapore</td>
           <td>28</td>
           <td>2010/11/14</td>
           <td>$357,650</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>28</td>
           <td>Brenden Wagner</td>
           <td>Software Engineer</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>28</td>
           <td>2011/06/07</td>
           <td>$206,850</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>29</td>
           <td>Fiona Green</td>
           <td>Chief Operating Officer (COO)</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>48</td>
           <td>2010/03/11</td>
           <td>$850,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>30</td>
           <td>Shou Itou</td>
           <td>Regional Marketing</td>
           <td>Tokyo</td>
           <td>20</td>
           <td>2011/08/14</td>
           <td>$163,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>31</td>
           <td>Michelle House</td>
           <td>Integration Specialist</td>
           <td>Sidney</td>
           <td>37</td>
           <td>2011/06/02</td>
           <td>$95,400</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>32</td>
           <td>Suki Burks</td>
           <td>Developer</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>53</td>
           <td>2009/10/22</td>
           <td>$114,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>33</td>
           <td>Prescott Bartlett</td>
           <td>Technical Author</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>27</td>
           <td>2011/05/07</td>
           <td>$145,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>34</td>
           <td>Gavin Cortez</td>
           <td>Team Leader</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>22</td>
           <td>2008/10/26</td>
           <td>$235,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>35</td>
           <td>Martena Mccray</td>
           <td>Post-Sales support</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>46</td>
           <td>2011/03/09</td>
           <td>$324,050</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>36</td>
           <td>Unity Butler</td>
           <td>Marketing Designer</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>47</td>
           <td>2009/12/09</td>
           <td>$85,675</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>37</td>
           <td>Howard Hatfield</td>
           <td>Office Manager</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>51</td>
           <td>2008/12/16</td>
           <td>$164,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>38</td>
           <td>Hope Fuentes</td>
           <td>Secretary</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>41</td>
           <td>2010/02/12</td>
           <td>$109,850</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>39</td>
           <td>Vivian Harrell</td>
           <td>Financial Controller</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>62</td>
           <td>2009/02/14</td>
           <td>$452,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>40</td>
           <td>Timothy Mooney</td>
           <td>Office Manager</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>37</td>
           <td>2008/12/11</td>
           <td>$136,200</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>41</td>
           <td>Jackson Bradshaw</td>
           <td>Director</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>65</td>
           <td>2008/09/26</td>
           <td>$645,750</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>42</td>
           <td>Olivia Liang</td>
           <td>Support Engineer</td>
           <td>Singapore</td>
           <td>64</td>
           <td>2011/02/03</td>
           <td>$234,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>43</td>
           <td>Bruno Nash</td>
           <td>Software Engineer</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>38</td>
           <td>2011/05/03</td>
           <td>$163,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>44</td>
           <td>Sakura Yamamoto</td>
           <td>Support Engineer</td>
           <td>Tokyo</td>
           <td>37</td>
           <td>2009/08/19</td>
           <td>$139,575</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>45</td>
           <td>Thor Walton</td>
           <td>Developer</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>61</td>
           <td>2013/08/11</td>
           <td>$98,540</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>46</td>
           <td>Finn Camacho</td>
           <td>Support Engineer</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>47</td>
           <td>2009/07/07</td>
           <td>$87,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>47</td>
           <td>Serge Baldwin</td>
           <td>Data Coordinator</td>
           <td>Singapore</td>
           <td>64</td>
           <td>2012/04/09</td>
           <td>$138,575</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>48</td>
           <td>Zenaida Frank</td>
           <td>Software Engineer</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>63</td>
           <td>2010/01/04</td>
           <td>$125,250</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>49</td>
           <td>Zorita Serrano</td>
           <td>Software Engineer</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>56</td>
           <td>2012/06/01</td>
           <td>$115,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>50</td>
           <td>Jennifer Acosta</td>
           <td>Junior Javascript Developer</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>43</td>
           <td>2013/02/01</td>
           <td>$75,650</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>51</td>
           <td>Cara Stevens</td>
           <td>Sales Assistant</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>46</td>
           <td>2011/12/06</td>
           <td>$145,600</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>52</td>
           <td>Hermione Butler</td>
           <td>Regional Director</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>47</td>
           <td>2011/03/21</td>
           <td>$356,250</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>53</td>
           <td>Lael Greer</td>
           <td>Systems Administrator</td>
           <td>London</td>
           <td>21</td>
           <td>2009/02/27</td>
           <td>$103,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>54</td>
           <td>Jonas Alexander</td>
           <td>Developer</td>
           <td>San Francisco</td>
           <td>30</td>
           <td>2010/07/14</td>
           <td>$86,500</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>55</td>
           <td>Shad Decker</td>
           <td>Regional Director</td>
           <td>Edinburgh</td>
           <td>51</td>
           <td>2008/11/13</td>
           <td>$183,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>56</td>
           <td>Michael Bruce</td>
           <td>Javascript Developer</td>
           <td>Singapore</td>
           <td>29</td>
           <td>2011/06/27</td>
           <td>$183,000</td>
       </tr>
       <tr>
           <td>57</td>
           <td>Donna Snider</td>
           <td>Customer Support</td>
           <td>New York</td>
           <td>27</td>
           <td>2011/01/25</td>
           <td>$112,000</td>
       </tr>
   </tbody>
  
   <tfoot>
      <tr>
         <th></th>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Position</th>
         <th>Office</th>
         <th>Age</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </tfoot>
</table>

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