Can we search multiple strings in multiple columns in data tables?

Question

I want to search multiple strings in multiple columns (not all the columns)

var val='profile|officer|work'; 
oTable.api().columns([0,1]).search(val, true, false ).draw();

I tried above code but its not working

Answer 1

The regular expression seems to be wrong.

If you want to match one of those words you should use this regex expression:

\\bprofile\\b|\\bofficer\\b|\\bworker\\b