/**
 * Maintenance of web-sites can often cause unexpected headaches, particularly
 * if the hardcoded index of an array (the columns in a DataTables instance)
 * needs to change due to an added or removed column. This plug-in function
 * will match a given string to the title of a column in the table and return
 * the column index, helping to overcome this problem.
 *  @name fnGetColumnIndex
 *  @author <a href="http://www.rosstechassociates.com/">Michael Ross</a>
 *
 *  @example
 *    
 */

$.fn.dataTableExt.oApi.fnGetColumnIndex = function ( oSettings, sCol ) 
{
	var cols = oSettings.aoColumns;
	for ( var x=0, xLen=cols.length ; x<xLen ; x++ )
	{
		if ( cols[x].sTitle.toLowerCase() == sCol.toLowerCase() )
		{
			return x;
		};
	}
	return -1;
};