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HTML
<table id="SummaryTable">
<tr>
<td>Jill</td>
<td>Smith</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James</td>
<td>Bond</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eve</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>94</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael</td>
<td>Jackson</td>
<td>77</td>
</tr>
</table>
<a href="#" class="ExportSummary">Export to CSV</a>
JavaScript
function exportTableToCsv($table, filename) {
var $rows = $table.find('tr:has(td,th)'),
// Temporary delimiter characters unlikely to be typed by keyboard
// This is to avoid accidentally splitting the actual contents
tmpColDelim = String.fromCharCode(11), // vertical tab character
tmpRowDelim = String.fromCharCode(0), // null character
// actual delimiter characters for CSV format
colDelim = ';',
rowDelim = '\r\n',
// Grab text from table into CSV formatted string
csv = $rows.map(function (i, row) {
var $row = $(row),
$cols = $row.find('td,th');
return $cols.map(function (j, col) {
var $col = $(col),
text = $col.text();
return text.replace('"', '""'); // escape double quotes
}).get().join(tmpColDelim);
}).get().join(tmpRowDelim)
.split(tmpRowDelim).join(rowDelim)
.split(tmpColDelim).join(colDelim) + ' ',
// Data URI
csvData = 'data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv);
console.log(csv);
$(this)
.attr({
'download': filename,
'href': csvData,
'target': '_blank'
});
}
$(".ExportSummary").on('click', function () {
exportTableToCsv.apply(this, [$('#SummaryTable'), 'ExportSummary.csv']);
});