Exact match in search

[larisahertzler]

I am implementing a search, and I would like it to be an exact match. Is this supported in any way currently, or could it be added?

This is what I am doing currently. However, when I have data like 2 and 12, and the value is 2, both rows are returned. I only want the row with the value of 2.
myDatatable.search(this.value, [3]);

I also tried using regex, but that didn't work.
myDatatable.search("(^"+this.value+"$)", [3]);