/* Custom filtering function which will search data in column four between two values */ $.fn.dataTable.ext.search.push( function( settings, data, dataIndex ) { var min = parseInt( $('#min').val(), 10 ); var max = parseInt( $('#max').val(), 10 ); var age = parseFloat( data[3] ) || 0; // use data for the age column if ( ( isNaN( min ) && isNaN( max ) ) || ( isNaN( min ) && age <= max ) || ( min <= age && isNaN( max ) ) || ( min <= age && age <= max ) ) { return true; } return false; } ); $(document).ready(function() { var table = $('#example').DataTable(); // Event listener to the two range filtering inputs to redraw on input $('#min, #max').keyup( function() { table.draw(); } ); } );