You can call custom filtering functions if you need logic more complex than simply matching strings. For example, perhaps we'd like to have a 'randomFilter' function that hides/shows rows at random.

Because the world is better through a filter. At LayerVault, we make heavy use of filtering DOM elements by their data-* attributes. That's because we believe JavaScript is the worst place to keep ...

Building on the new jQuery extensions for displaying multiple rows, Peter builds a page that retrieves data from a Web Service based on the user's input -- and filters the data in the client as well.