Convert HTML table to array in JavaScript?

Javascript Web Development Object Oriented Programming

Get data from tag using find() and store that data into array using push(). Let’s say the following is our table −

<table id="details">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>John</td><td>23</td>
<tr><td>David</td><td>26</td>
</tbody>
</table>

Let’s fetch the data from <td> and store in an array. Following is the complete code −

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initialscale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<style>
   .notShown {
      display: none;
   }
</style>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<table id="details">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Name</th>
<th>Age</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>John</td><td>23</td>
<tr><td>David</td><td>26</td>
</tbody>
</table>
<script>
   var convertedIntoArray = [];
   $("table#details tr").each(function() {
      var rowDataArray = [];
      var actualData = $(this).find('td');
      if (actualData.length > 0) {
         actualData.each(function() {
            rowDataArray.push($(this).text());
         });
         convertedIntoArray.push(rowDataArray);
      }
   });
   console.log(convertedIntoArray);
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name “anyName.html(index.html)” and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.