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<dt-api group="utility">
	<name>pluck()</name>
	<summary>Create a new API instance with the value of a property from the objects in the current result set.</summary>
	<since>1.10</since>

	<type type="function">
		<signature>pluck( property )</signature>
		<description>Iterate over the result set of an API instance, creating a new API instance from the values retrieved from the original elements.</description>
		<parameter type="string|integer" name="property">
			Object property name to use from the element in the original result set for the new result set. This will typically be a string with the target property name, but can also be an array index if working with arrays.
		</parameter>
		<returns type="DataTables.Api">New API instance with the values in the result retrieved from the source object properties defined by the property being plucked.</returns>
	</type>

	<description>
		When working with objects you may often find that you want an array containing just one property of the source object. This typically involves writing a trivial loop to create that array, although here, that loop is performed in this method, reducing the amount of code required to a trivial function call to get the data required.

		This method makes use of the fact that DataTables API objects are "array like", in that they inherent a lot of the abilities and methods of the Javascript `Array` type.
	</description>

	<example title="Pluck the name property from the data objects for the table rows"><![CDATA[
var table = $('#example').DataTable(
	"data": [
		{
			"name": "Tiger Nixon",
			"position": "System Architect",
			"salary": "$3,120",
			"start_date": "2011/04/25",
			"office": "Edinburgh",
			"extn": "5421"
		},
		{
			"name": "Garrett Winters",
			"position": "Director",
			"salary": "$5,300",
			"start_date": "2011/07/25",
			"office": "Edinburgh",
			"extn": "8422"
		},
		{
			"name": "Ashton Cox",
			"position": "Technical Author",
			"salary": "$4,800",
			"start_date": "2009/01/12",
			"office": "San Francisco",
			"extn": "1562"
		}
	],
	"columns": [
		{ "data": "name" },
		{ "data": "position" },
		{ "data": "office" },
		{ "data": "extn" },
		{ "data": "start_date" },
		{ "data": "salary" }
	]
);

var names = table
	.rows()
	.data()
	.pluck( 'name' );

]]></example>

</dt-api>