title: datatables.net regular expression filter on two columns
body: <p>I'm using jQuery Datatables and I want to use a regular expression on two columns to filter data in the table.</p>
  
  <p>I have code for filter column 5 but I'd like it to filter columns 5 &amp; 6 both. Is it possible?</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#venuefilterit li").click(function(e) {
                  var venue = $(this).text();
                  var venueFilterRegex = "^\\s*"+venue+"\\s*$";
                  oTable.fnFilter(venueFilterRegex,5,true,false);
  }); 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I saw something similar to what I need at <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8023701/jquery-datatables-filtering-for-specific-columns-only">jQuery DataTables Filtering for Specific Columns Only</a> - but can't get it to work with regex.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas?</p>