DataTables - Search for exact match

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43991018/jquery-datatable-search-for-exact-match

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/r/dt/dt-1.10.9/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/r/dt/dt-1.10.9/datatables.min.js"></script>
<table id="example" class="display" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Status</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Status</th>
        </tr>
    </tfoot>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td>2011/04/25</td>
            <td>Completed</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td>2016/04/25</td>
            <td>Completed</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td>2011/07/25</td>
            <td>Completed</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>Garrett Winters</td>
            <td>Accountant</td>
            <td>Tokyo</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td>2016/07/25</td>
            <td>Not Completed</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function (){
    var table = $('#example').DataTable();
    
    table
    	.column(5).search('^', true, false)
      .column(4).search(2016)
      .draw();
});