From d4b8f8b34d8d92a31b1b58194f39b31a13007109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordan Bradford <jordan@brownboots.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:25:07 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added multiTable option to stackcolumns() to split the final
 output into multiple tables

---
 README.md     |  1 +
 stacktable.js | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e99b53..9192727 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The Responsive Tables jQuery plugin for stacking tables on small screens. The pu
 
 **headIndex:** Use this to specify the row index of the header, in case it isn’t the first.
 
+**multiTable:** [For `.stackcolumns()` only] - Boolean that defaults to false. Use this to split the final output into multiple tables.
 
 # Legal
 
diff --git a/stacktable.js b/stacktable.js
index 23fb274..58a152c 100755
--- a/stacktable.js
+++ b/stacktable.js
@@ -148,8 +148,17 @@
 
  $.fn.stackcolumns = function(options) {
     var $tables = this,
-        defaults = {},
-        settings = $.extend({}, defaults, options);
+        defaults = {multiTable:false},
+        settings = $.extend({}, defaults, options),
+        multiTable;
+
+    // checking the "multiTable" option presence... or defaults it to false
+    if(typeof options.multiTable !== 'undefined') {
+      multiTable = options.multiTable;
+    }
+    else {
+      multiTable = false;
+    }
 
     return $tables.each(function() {
       var $table = $(this);
@@ -195,8 +204,25 @@
         ++col_i;
       }
 
-      $stackcolumns.append($(tb));
-      $table.before($stackcolumns);
+      if (multiTable) {
+        var tempTable,
+            tempRows,
+            numTables = tb.find('.st-head-row-main').length;
+        for(var i = 0; i < numTables; i++) {
+          tempTable = $stackcolumns.clone();
+          if(i < numTables - 1) {
+            tempRows = tb.find('.st-head-row-main').eq(i).nextUntil('.st-head-row-main').addBack();
+          } else {
+            tempRows = tb.find('.st-head-row-main').eq(i).nextAll().addBack();
+          }
+          tempTable.append(tempRows.clone());
+          tempTable.addClass('stacktable-' + i).children().wrapAll('<tbody></tbody>');
+          $table.before(tempTable);
+        }
+      } else {
+        $stackcolumns.append($(tb));
+        $table.before($stackcolumns);
+      }
     });
   };