The jQuery template: <script id=" bookTemplate " type="text/x-jquery-tmpl"> <tr> <td>${Author}</td> <td>${Title}</td> <td>${Subject}</td> </tr> </script> Template being used: $('#authors').change(function () { var author = $('#authors').val(); api.getBooksByAuthor({ success: function (result) { $('#bookTableBody').empty(); $('# bookTemplate ') .tmpl( result ) .appendTo('# bookTableBody '); } }, author); }); Example HTML code where the table cell content is applyed: <table width="600"> <thead> <tr> <th>Author</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Subject</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody id=" bookTableBody ">
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