Title: Pass JavaScript array as data
Last modified: May 15, 2018

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# Pass JavaScript array as data

 *  Resolved [bruce2me](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bruce2me/)
 * (@bruce2me)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pass-javascript-array-as-data/)
 * When my site loads, it creates a Javascript variable, “portfolio_info”, containing
   an array of objects used as a lookup table by numerous Javascript functions.
 * I would like to display some of this same data in an HTML table created with 
   the WP DataTable shortcode. How can a refer to this lookup table variable inside
   the shortcode?
 * Thanks
 * B
    -  This topic was modified 8 years ago by [bruce2me](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bruce2me/).

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 *  Plugin Author [samsk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samsk/)
 * (@samsk)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pass-javascript-array-as-data/#post-10285526)
 * Insides of shortcode are interpreted as javascript configuration array (JSON).

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 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pass-javascript-array-as-data/#post-10285526)
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