I submitted a patch a long time ago to do this that implemented a natural sorting algorithm for this but it would never get applied and I couldn't get a response..I assumed the project was light or dead. I can send you the patched .js i had if you like.
On Nov 10, 9:56 pm, Rodent of Unusual Size <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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!"
