How to write a table in javascript

<table id="myTable">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Name</th>
      <th>Age</th>
      <th>City</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>John</td>
      <td>25</td>
      <td>New York</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Jane</td>
      <td>30</td>
      <td>Los Angeles</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

var table = document.getElementById("myTable");
var row = table.insertRow(2);
var cell1 = row.insertCell(0);
var cell2 = row.insertCell(1);
var cell3 = row.insertCell(2);
cell1.innerHTML = "Bob";
cell2.innerHTML = "40";
cell3.innerHTML = "Chicago";

var students = [
  {name: "John", age: 25, city: "New York"},
  {name: "Jane", age: 30, city: "Los Angeles"},
  {name: "Bob", age: 40, city: "Chicago"}
];
var table = document.createElement("table");
var thead = document.createElement("thead");
var tbody = document.createElement("tbody");
var tr = document.createElement("tr");
for (var key in students[0]) {
  var th = document.createElement("th");
  th.innerHTML = key.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + key.slice(1);
  tr.appendChild(th);
}
thead.appendChild(tr);
table.appendChild(thead);
for (var i = 0; i < students.length; i++) {
  var tr = document.createElement("tr");
  for (var key in students[i]) {
    var td = document.createElement("td");
    td.innerHTML = students[i][key];
    tr.appendChild(td);
  }
  tbody.appendChild(tr);
}
table.appendChild(tbody);
document.body.appendChild(table);

function sortTable(n) {
  var table, rows, switching, i, x, y, shouldSwitch, dir, switchcount = 0;
  table = document.getElementById("myTable");
  switching = true;
  dir = "asc";
  while (switching) {
    switching = false;
    rows = table.rows;
    for (i = 1; i < (rows.length - 1); i++) {
      shouldSwitch = false;
      x = rows[i].getElementsByTagName("td")[n];
      y = rows[i + 1].getElementsByTagName("td")[n];
      if (dir == "asc") {
        if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() > y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
          shouldSwitch = true;
          break;
        }
      } else if (dir == "desc") {
        if (x.innerHTML.toLowerCase() < y.innerHTML.toLowerCase()) {
          shouldSwitch = true;
          break;
        }
      }
    }
    if (shouldSwitch) {
      rows[i].parentNode.insertBefore(rows[i + 1], rows[i]);
      switching = true;
      switchcount ++;
    } else {
      if (switchcount == 0 && dir == "asc") {
        dir = "desc";
        switching = true;
      }
    }
  }
}

function filterTable() {
  var input, filter, table, tr, td, i, txtValue;
  input = document.getElementById("myInput");
  filter = input.value.toUpperCase();
  table = document.getElementById("myTable");
  tr = table.getElementsByTagName("tr");
  for (i = 0; i < tr.length; i++) {
    td = tr[i].getElementsByTagName("td")[0];
    if (td) {
      txtValue = td.textContent || td.innerText;
      if (txtValue.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1) {
        tr[i].style.display = "";
      } else {
        tr[i].style.display = "none";
      }
    }
  }
}