Question

i have problem with jQuery tablesorter and numbers like 12 345 678,91

$(document).ready(function() {
    $.tablesorter.addParser({ 
        id: 'thousands',
        is: function(s) { 
            return false; 
        }, 
        format: function(s) {
            return s.replace(' ','').replace(/,/g,'');
        }, 
        type: 'numeric' 
    }); 

    $("#tablesorter").tablesorter({
    headers: { 
                3: { sorter:'thousands' }, 
                4: { sorter:'thousands' }, 
                5: { sorter:'thousands' } 
            }
    });
});

output filter:

-1 295,76
-331,2
-330,01
-290
0
3 986 495,06
1 942 503,09
0
0

When i replace this: s.replace(‘ ‘,”).replace(/,/g,”);
by this : s.replace(new RegExp(/[^0-9/A-Za-z. ]/g),””);
…even worse than it was.
any ideas?

Answer 1

The parser isn’t replacing all of the spaces; using replace(' ','') will only replace the first space. Also, the comma should be replaced with a decimal point since it indicates a fraction. So, try this (demo):

$.tablesorter.addParser({
    id: 'thousands',
    is: function (s) {
        return false;
    },
    format: function (s) {
        return s.replace(/\s+/g, '').replace(/,/g, '.');
    },
    type: 'numeric'
});