jQuery DataTables Checkboxes: Select checkboxes on page load (Alternative solution)

Example for https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/

by princeofabyss

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.15/se-1.2.2/datatables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.15/se-1.2.2/datatables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/1.2.9/css/dataTables.checkboxes.css">
<script src="https://gyrocode.github.io/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/1.2.9/js/dataTables.checkboxes.min.js"></script>
<h3><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/">jQuery DataTables Checkboxes:</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/examples/api/select-checkbox/">Select checkboxes on page load</a> <small>(Alternative solution)</small></h3>
    
<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>Age</th>
         <th>Start date</th>
         <th>Salary</th>
      </tr>
   </tfoot>
</table>

<hr><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gyrocode.com/projects/jquery-datatables-checkboxes/examples/api/select-checkbox/">See full article on Gyrocode.com</a>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  var table = $('#example').DataTable({
    'ajax': 'https://gyrocode.github.io/files/jquery-datatables/arrays_id.json',
    'initComplete': function(settings) {
      var api = this.api();
      var selected = ['5', '25', '3', '19'];

      api.cells(
        api.rows(function(idx, data, node) {
          //alert(selected.indexOf(data[0]));
          return (selected.indexOf(data[0]) >= 0) ? true : false;
        }).indexes(),
        0
      ).checkboxes.select();
    },
    'columnDefs': [{
      'targets': 0,
      'checkboxes': {
        'selectRow': true
      }
    }],
    'deferRender': true,
    'select': 'multi',
    'order': [
      [1, 'asc']
    ]
  });
});