title: How to search for an exact string in a jQuery DataTable?
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  <p>how can i filter satisfactory only.</p>
  
  <p>ive tried this script but its not working</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;script&gt;
  $(document).ready(function() {
      tbl = $('#example').dataTable();
      tbl.fnFilter("^" + filter_value + "$");
  });
  
  $(document).ready( function() {
      $('#example').dataTable( {
          "oSearch": {"bSmart": false}
      } );
  } )
  
  oTable.fnFilter( "^"+TERM+"$", COLUMN , true); //Term, Column #, RegExp Filter
  oSettings.aoPreSearchCols[ iCol ].sSearch = "^\\s*"+'1'+"\\s*$";
  oSettings.aoPreSearchCols[ iCol ].bRegex = false;
  oSettings.aoPreSearchCols[ iCol ].bSmart= false;
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>