function exportTableToCSV($table, filename) {
    var $headers = $table.find('tr:has(th)')
        ,$rows = $table.find('tr:has(td)')

        // Temporary delimiter characters unlikely to be typed by keyboard
        // This is to avoid accidentally splitting the actual contents
        ,tmpColDelim = String.fromCharCode(11) // vertical tab character
        ,tmpRowDelim = String.fromCharCode(0) // null character

        // actual delimiter characters for CSV format
        ,colDelim = '","'
        ,rowDelim = '"\r\n"';

        // Grab text from table into CSV formatted string
        var csv = '"';
        csv += formatRows($headers.map(grabRow));
        csv += rowDelim;
        csv += formatRows($rows.map(grabRow)) + '"';

        // Data URI
        var csvData = 'data:application/csv;charset=utf-8,' + encodeURIComponent(csv);

    // For IE (tested 10+)
    if (window.navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob) {
        var blob = new Blob([decodeURIComponent(encodeURI(csv))], {
            type: "text/csv;charset=utf-8;"
        });
        navigator.msSaveBlob(blob, filename);
    } else {
        $(this)
            .attr({
                'download': filename
                ,'href': csvData
        });
    }

    //------------------------------------------------------------
    // Helper Functions 
    //------------------------------------------------------------
    // Format the output so it has the appropriate delimiters
    function formatRows(rows){
        return rows.get().join(tmpRowDelim)
            .split(tmpRowDelim).join(rowDelim)
            .split(tmpColDelim).join(colDelim);
    }
    // Grab and format a row from the table
    function grabRow(i,row){
         
        var $row = $(row);
        //for some reason $cols = $row.find('td') || $row.find('th') won't work...
        var $cols = $row.find('td'); 
        if(!$cols.length) $cols = $row.find('th');  
        return $cols.map(grabCol)
                    .get().join(tmpColDelim);
    }
    // Grab and format a column from the table 
    function grabCol(j,col){
        var $col = $(col),
            $text = $col.text();
        return $text.replace('"', '""'); // escape double quotes
    }
}