diff --git a/sorting/any-number.js b/sorting/any-number.js
index c7eda6e..891b69f 100644
--- a/sorting/any-number.js
+++ b/sorting/any-number.js
@@ -1,4 +1,51 @@
 /*! © SpryMedia Ltd, David Konrad - datatables.net/license */
+
+(function( factory ){
+	if ( typeof define === 'function' && define.amd ) {
+		// AMD
+		define( ['jquery', 'datatables.net'], function ( $ ) {
+			return factory( $, window, document );
+		} );
+	}
+	else if ( typeof exports === 'object' ) {
+		// CommonJS
+		var jq = require('jquery');
+		var cjsRequires = function (root, $) {
+			if ( ! $.fn.dataTable ) {
+				require('datatables.net')(root, $);
+			}
+		};
+
+		if (typeof window === 'undefined') {
+			module.exports = function (root, $) {
+				if ( ! root ) {
+					// CommonJS environments without a window global must pass a
+					// root. This will give an error otherwise
+					root = window;
+				}
+
+				if ( ! $ ) {
+					$ = jq( root );
+				}
+
+				cjsRequires( root, $ );
+				return factory( $, root, root.document );
+			};
+		}
+		else {
+			cjsRequires( window, jq );
+			module.exports = factory( jq, window, window.document );
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		// Browser
+		factory( jQuery, window, document );
+	}
+}(function( $, window, document ) {
+'use strict';
+var DataTable = $.fn.dataTable;
+
+
 /**
  * Sorts columns by any number, ignoring text. This plugin is useful if you have
  * mixed content in a column, but still want to sort by numbers. Any number means
@@ -29,10 +76,14 @@
  */
 function _anyNumberSort(a, b, high) {
     var reg = /[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;
-    a = a.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
-    a = a !== null ? parseFloat(a[0]) : high;
-    b = b.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
-    b = b !== null ? parseFloat(b[0]) : high;
+    if (typeof a === 'string') {
+        a = a.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
+        a = a !== null ? parseFloat(a[0]) : high;
+    }
+    if (typeof b === 'string') {
+        b = b.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
+        b = b !== null ? parseFloat(b[0]) : high;
+    }
     return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
 }
 DataTable.ext.type.order['any-number-asc'] = function (a, b) {
@@ -41,3 +92,7 @@ DataTable.ext.type.order['any-number-asc'] = function (a, b) {
 DataTable.ext.type.order['any-number-desc'] = function (a, b) {
     return _anyNumberSort(a, b, Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY) * -1;
 };
+
+
+return DataTable;
+}));
diff --git a/sorting/any-number.min.js b/sorting/any-number.min.js
index a6f59fc..3cfd905 100644
--- a/sorting/any-number.min.js
+++ b/sorting/any-number.min.js
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /*! © SpryMedia Ltd, David Konrad - datatables.net/license */
-!function(t){var r,u;"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?define(["jquery","datatables.net"],function(e){return t(e,window,document)}):"object"==typeof exports?(r=require("jquery"),u=function(e,n){n.fn.dataTable||require("datatables.net")(e,n)},"undefined"==typeof window?module.exports=function(e,n){return e=e||window,n=n||r(e),u(e,n),t(n,0,e.document)}:(u(window,r),module.exports=t(r,window,window.document))):t(jQuery,window,document)}(function(e,n,t,r){"use strict";e=e.fn.dataTable;function u(e,n,t){var r=/[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;return(e=null!==(e=e.replace(",",".").match(r))?parseFloat(e[0]):t)<(n=null!==(n=n.replace(",",".").match(r))?parseFloat(n[0]):t)?-1:n<e?1:0}return e.ext.type.order["any-number-asc"]=function(e,n){return u(e,n,Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)},e.ext.type.order["any-number-desc"]=function(e,n){return-1*u(e,n,Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY)},e});
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+!function(t){var r,o;"function"==typeof define&&define.amd?define(["jquery","datatables.net"],function(e){return t(e,window,document)}):"object"==typeof exports?(r=require("jquery"),o=function(e,n){n.fn.dataTable||require("datatables.net")(e,n)},"undefined"==typeof window?module.exports=function(e,n){return e=e||window,n=n||r(e),o(e,n),t(n,0,e.document)}:(o(window,r),module.exports=t(r,window,window.document))):t(jQuery,window,document)}(function(e,n,t){"use strict";e=e.fn.dataTable;function r(e,n,t){var r=/[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;return(e="string"==typeof e?null!==(e=e.replace(",",".").match(r))?parseFloat(e[0]):t:e)<(n="string"==typeof n?null!==(n=n.replace(",",".").match(r))?parseFloat(n[0]):t:n)?-1:n<e?1:0}return e.ext.type.order["any-number-asc"]=function(e,n){return r(e,n,Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)},e.ext.type.order["any-number-desc"]=function(e,n){return-1*r(e,n,Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY)},e});
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diff --git a/sorting/any-number.min.mjs b/sorting/any-number.min.mjs
index 73479fc..7fe7af2 100644
--- a/sorting/any-number.min.mjs
+++ b/sorting/any-number.min.mjs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /*! © SpryMedia Ltd, David Konrad - datatables.net/license */
-import jQuery from"jquery";import DataTable from"datatables.net";let $=jQuery;function _anyNumberSort(e,r,a){var t=/[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;return(e=null!==(e=e.replace(",",".").match(t))?parseFloat(e[0]):a)<(r=null!==(r=r.replace(",",".").match(t))?parseFloat(r[0]):a)?-1:r<e?1:0}DataTable.ext.type.order["any-number-asc"]=function(e,r){return _anyNumberSort(e,r,Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)},DataTable.ext.type.order["any-number-desc"]=function(e,r){return-1*_anyNumberSort(e,r,Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY)};export default DataTable;
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+import jQuery from"jquery";import DataTable from"datatables.net";let $=jQuery;function _anyNumberSort(e,r,t){var a=/[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;return(e="string"==typeof e?null!==(e=e.replace(",",".").match(a))?parseFloat(e[0]):t:e)<(r="string"==typeof r?null!==(r=r.replace(",",".").match(a))?parseFloat(r[0]):t:r)?-1:r<e?1:0}DataTable.ext.type.order["any-number-asc"]=function(e,r){return _anyNumberSort(e,r,Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY)},DataTable.ext.type.order["any-number-desc"]=function(e,r){return-1*_anyNumberSort(e,r,Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY)};export default DataTable;
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diff --git a/sorting/any-number.mjs b/sorting/any-number.mjs
index 214a2b2..bdc8dab 100644
--- a/sorting/any-number.mjs
+++ b/sorting/any-number.mjs
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ let $ = jQuery;
  */
 function _anyNumberSort(a, b, high) {
     var reg = /[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;
-    a = a.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
-    a = a !== null ? parseFloat(a[0]) : high;
-    b = b.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
-    b = b !== null ? parseFloat(b[0]) : high;
+    if (typeof a === 'string') {
+        a = a.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
+        a = a !== null ? parseFloat(a[0]) : high;
+    }
+    if (typeof b === 'string') {
+        b = b.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
+        b = b !== null ? parseFloat(b[0]) : high;
+    }
     return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
 }
 DataTable.ext.type.order['any-number-asc'] = function (a, b) {
diff --git a/sorting/src/any-number.ts b/sorting/src/any-number.ts
index ff5510d..11fbc70 100644
--- a/sorting/src/any-number.ts
+++ b/sorting/src/any-number.ts
@@ -33,10 +33,17 @@ import DataTable from 'datatables.net';
 
 function _anyNumberSort(a, b, high) {
 	var reg = /[+-]?((\d+(\.\d*)?)|\.\d+)([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?/;
-	a = a.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
-	a = a !== null ? parseFloat(a[0]) : high;
-	b = b.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
-	b = b !== null ? parseFloat(b[0]) : high;
+
+	if (typeof a === 'string') {
+		a = a.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
+		a = a !== null ? parseFloat(a[0]) : high;
+	}
+
+	if (typeof b === 'string') {
+		b = b.replace(',', '.').match(reg);
+		b = b !== null ? parseFloat(b[0]) : high;
+	}
+
 	return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0;
 }