I'm just discovering jQuery and finding it really interesting. Usual sort of 'learn by doing' thing. I've been playing with the tablesorter plugin, but I've run into a wall. Particularly since I'm far from expert in Javascript. :-)
I want to be able to sort a table on a column containing integrated circuit numbers (such as 7400, LM555, 74LS50 4026, et cetera). I want the technology (i.e., the 'LS' in '74LS50') to be ignored for sorting purposes, so 74LS50 and 74H50 would be juxtaposed. I also want the series to be grouped together (e.g., 7400 series together, 4000 series together, et cetera). Unfortunately, this is possibly a little more complex than it might seem. Given the following part numbers, 7400 4010 74C10 4026 74257 4012 74LS174 40257 the correct ascending order should be 4010 4012 4026 40257 7400 74C10 74LS174 74257 I'm used to custom sorting callbacks that are given two arguments and return whether a<b, a==b, or a>b -- but I'm not finding how to do the equivalent with tablesorter. Is it even possible? Thanks! -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!"
