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HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
  <title>Select2 + DataTables</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet"
    href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/datatables/1.10.19/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet"
    href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.7/css/select2.min.css">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/responsive/2.3.0/css/responsive.dataTables.min.css">
    
  <script
    src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script
    src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/datatables/1.10.19/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
    
  <script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/responsive/2.3.0/js/dataTables.responsive.min.js"></script>
  <script
    src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/select2/4.0.7/js/select2.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
      $('#TestTable').dataTable({
        pageLength: 5, 
        responsive:true,
        ordering: false, 
        drawCallback: function(dt) {
          console.log("draw() callback; initializing Select2's.");
          $('.experience-jquerySelect2-tag').select2({tags: true, width: "10em"});
        }
      });
    });
  </script>
</head>

<body>
  <table class="table-sm table-striped table-condensed" id="TestTable">
    <thead>
      <tr class="small">
        <th scope="col">Drop Down1</th>        
        <th scope="col">Drop Down2</th>
        <th scope="col">Drop Down3</th>
        <th scope="col">Drop Down4</th>
        <th scope="col">Drop Down5</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
    
      <tr>
      <td>cell1-1</td>
      <td>cell1-2</td>
      <td>cell1-3</td>
      <td>cell1-4</td>
        <td valign="middle" align="left" class="small text-nowrap">
          <span class="form-group">
            <select...