DataTables - search

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>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon</td>
            <td>content (another content)</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

JavaScript

function escapeRegExp(string){
  return string.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&");
}

$(document).ready(function (){
    var table = $('#example').DataTable();
    
    var searchString = "content (another content)";
    table.column(1).search(escapeRegExp(searchString), true, false, true).draw();
});