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$(document).ready(function() {
   var table = $('#example').DataTable({
      'data': [
         ["Tiger Nixon","System Architect","Edinburgh","5421","2011/04/25","$320,800"],
         ["Tiger Nixon","Additional information","","","",""],
         ["Garrett Winters","Accountant","Tokyo","8422","2011/07/25","$170,750"],
         ["Garrett Winters","Additional information","","","",""],
         ["Ashton Cox","Junior Technical Author","San Francisco","1562","2009/01/12","$86,000"],
         ["Ashton Cox","Additional information","","","",""],
         ["Cedric Kelly","Senior Javascript Developer","Edinburgh","6224","2012/03/29","$433,060"],
         ["Cedric Kelly","Additional information","","","",""],
         ["Airi Satou","Accountant","Tokyo","5407","2008/11/28","$162,700"],
         ["Airi Satou","Additional information","","","",""]
      ],
      'columnDefs': [
         {
            'targets': [1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
            'orderable': false,
            'searchable': false
         }
      ],
      'rowsGroup': [0],
      'createdRow': function(row, data, dataIndex){
         // Use empty value in the "Office" column
         // as an indication that grouping with COLSPAN is needed
         if(data[2] === ''){
            // Add COLSPAN attribute
            $('td:eq(1)', row).attr('colspan', 5);

            // Hide required number of columns
            // next to the cell with COLSPAN attribute
            $('td:eq(2)', row).css('display', 'none');
            $('td:eq(3)', row).css('display', 'none');
            $('td:eq(4)', row).css('display', 'none');
            $('td:eq(5)', row).css('display', 'none');
         }
      }      
   });   
});

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<table id="example" class="stripe hover cell-border order-column" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
   <thead>
      <tr>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Position</th>
         <th>Office</th>
         <th>Extn.</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </thead>
   <tfoot>
      <tr>
         <th>Name</th>
         <th>Position</th>
         <th>Office</th>
         <th>Extn.</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </tfoot>
</table>