name : tablesort.number.js (function(){ var cleanNumber = function(i) { return i.replace(/[^\-?0-9.]/g, ''); }, compareNumber = function(a, b) { a = parseFloat(a); b = parseFloat(b); a = isNaN(a) ? 0 : a; b = isNaN(b) ? 0 : b; return a - b; }; Tablesort.extend('number', function(item) { return item.match(/^[-+]?[£\x24Û¢´€]?\d+\s*([,\.]\d{0,2})/) || // Prefixed currency item.match(/^[-+]?\d+\s*([,\.]\d{0,2})?[£\x24Û¢´€]/) || // Suffixed currency item.match(/^[-+]?(\d)*-?([,\.]){0,1}-?(\d)+([E,e][\-+][\d]+)?%?$/); // Number }, function(a, b) { a = cleanNumber(a); b = cleanNumber(b); return compareNumber(b, a); }); }());