text: /**
   * Return an array of table values from a particular column, with various
   * filtering options.
   *
   * DataTables 1.10+ provides the `dt-api column().data()` method, built-in to
   * the core, to provide this ability. As such, this method is marked deprecated,
   * but is available for use with legacy version of DataTables. Please use the
   * new API if you are used DataTables 1.10 or newer.
   *
   *  @name fnGetColumnData
   *  @summary Get the data from a column
   *  @author [Benedikt ForchMMDashmer](http://mind2.de)
   *  @deprecated
   *
   *  @param {integer} iColumn Column to get data from
   *  @param {boolean} [bFiltered=true] Reduce the data set to only unique values
   *  @param {boolean} [bUnique=true] Get data from filter results only
   *  @param {boolean} [bIgnoreEmpty=true] Remove data elements which are empty
   *  @returns {array} Array of data from the column
   *
   *  @example
   *    var table = $('#example').dataTable();
   *    table.fnGetColumnData( 3 );
   */
  
  jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oApi.fnGetColumnData = function ( oSettings, iColumn, bUnique, bFiltered, bIgnoreEmpty ) {
  	// check that we have a column id
  	if ( typeof iColumn == "undefined" ) {
  		return [];
  	}
  
  	// by default we only wany unique data
  	if ( typeof bUnique == "undefined" ) {
  		bUnique = true;
  	}
  
  	// by default we do want to only look at filtered data
  	if ( typeof bFiltered == "undefined" ) {
  		bFiltered = true;
  	}
  
  	// by default we do not wany to include empty values
  	if ( typeof bIgnoreEmpty == "undefined" ) {
  		bIgnoreEmpty = true;
  	}
  
  	// list of rows which we're going to loop through
  	var aiRows;
  
  	// use only filtered rows
  	if (bFiltered === true) {
  		aiRows = oSettings.aiDisplay;
  	}
  	// use all rows
  	else {
  		aiRows = oSettings.aiDisplayMaster; // all row numbers
  	}
  
  	// set up data array    
  	var asResultData = [];
  
  	for (var i=0,c=aiRows.length; i<c; i++) {
  		var iRow = aiRows[i];
  		var sValue = this.fnGetData(iRow, iColumn);
  
  		// ignore empty values?
  		if (bIgnoreEmpty === true && sValue.length === 0) {
  			continue;
  		}
  
  		// ignore unique values?
  		else if (bUnique === true && jQuery.inArray(sValue, asResultData) > -1) {
  			continue;
  		}
  
  		// else push the value onto the result data array
  		else {
  			asResultData.push(sValue);
  		}
  	}
  
  	return asResultData;
  };
  