title: How to set cell value in DataTable on button click
body: <p>I'm trying to modify a cell value using DataTable (the new version) when an outside button is clicked.
  I have the following for now:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(document).on('click', '.dropdown-menu li a', function () {
      if ($(this).text() == "development") {
          var cell = table.row( 6 ).data()[4]     
          cell.data( "development" ).draw();
      }
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This doesn't work since I think the table row and data retrieval method doesn't return an object with .data() attribute that allows me to set data cell value. I'm getting the following error: <code>cell.data is not a function. (In 'cell.data( "development" )', 'cell.data' is undefined)</code>However, I'm not sure how to access a table cell value the .data() way without having a click even in the table. My button is placed outside the table somewhere else.</p>
  
  <p>Any idea how to make this work?</p>