jQuery DataTables - ROWSPAN in table body TBODY

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by gyrocode

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.12/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.12/datatables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/ashl1/datatables-rowsgroup/fbd569b8768155c7a9a62568e66a64115887d7d0/dataTables.rowsGroup.js"></script>
<h3><a href="http://www.gyrocode.com/articles/jquery-datatables-rowspan-in-table-body-tbody/">jQuery DataTables - ROWSPAN in table body TBODY</a></h3>
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<table id="example" class="display" 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>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
   var table = $('#example').DataTable({
      'ajax': 'https://gyrocode.github.io/files/jquery-datatables/arrays.json',
      'rowsGroup': [2]
   });   
});