New API method: `column().title()` from Alejandro Navarro

api/column().title().js

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+/**
+ * This plug-in will read the text from the header cell of a column, returning
+ * that value.
+ *
+ *  @name column().title()
+ *  @summary Get the title of a column
+ *  @author Alejandro Navarro
+ *  @requires DataTables 1.10+
+ *
+ * @returns {String} Column title
+ *
+ *  @example
+ *    // Read the title text of column index 3
+ *    var table = $('#example').DataTable();
+ *    table.column( 3 ).title();
+ */
+
+$.fn.dataTable.Api.register( 'column().title()', function () {
+    var colheader = this.header();
+    return $(colheader).text().trim();
+} );