jQuery Datatables- exact filtering returning nothing
<p>I'm using the following to try and filter a column by an exact result (data). However, it returns no matches.</p>

<pre><code>$('#orders').DataTable().column( 8 ).search("^" + data + "$", true, false, true).draw() ;
</code></pre>

<p>Using this code with the same input returns matches, though not exact.</p>

<pre><code>$('#orders').DataTable().column( 8 ).search( data ).draw() ;
</code></pre>

<p>I don't understand why a result would not be returned. I think my issue is with the ^+data+$ part, though I'm not certain. Where might I be going wrong?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>