diff --git a/sorting/num-html.js b/sorting/num-html.js
index 3274ae1..7783a3d 100644
--- a/sorting/num-html.js
+++ b/sorting/num-html.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
"num-html-pre": function ( a ) {
- var x = a.replace( /<.*?>/g, "" );
+ var x = String(a).replace( /<[\s\S]*?>/g, "" );
return parseFloat( x );
},
diff --git a/type-detection/num-html.js b/type-detection/num-html.js
index d6f708e..e732496 100644
--- a/type-detection/num-html.js
+++ b/type-detection/num-html.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.aTypes.unshift( function ( sData )
{
sData = typeof sData.replace == 'function' ?
- sData.replace( /<.*?>/g, "" ) : sData;
+ sData.replace( /<[\s\S]*?>/g, "" ) : sData;
sData = $.trim(sData);
var sValidFirstChars = "0123456789-";