Get Hyperlink Text of a Datatable Cell

by Shree Khanal

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/datatables/1.10.21/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<table id="sampleTable">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Col 1</th>
      <th>Col 2</th>
      <th>Col 3</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><a href="#">R0C1</a></td>
      <td>R0C2</td>
      <td>R0C3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><a href="#">R1C1</a></td>
      <td>R1C2</td>
      <td>R1C3</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><a href="#">R2C1</a></td>
      <td>R2C2</td>
      <td>R2C3</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>
<button>
Click
</button>

JavaScript

$(function() {
  var table = $('#sampleTable').dataTable();


  $('button').click(function() {
 
  
var oTable = $('#sampleTable').dataTable();
var result=[];



var rows = $("#sampleTable").dataTable().fnGetNodes();
for(var i=0;i<rows.length;i++) {
//Get HTML of 3rd column (for example)
console.log($(rows[i]).find("td:eq(0)").text()); 
}




 
});

});