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+/**
+ * This plug-in will provide numeric sorting for numeric columns which have extra
+ * formatting, such as thousands seperators, currency symobols or any other 
+ * non-numeric data.
+ *  @name Formatted numbers
+ *  @anchor formatted_numbers
+ *  @author <a href="http://sprymedia.co.uk">Allan Jardine</a>
+ */
+
+jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
+	"formatted_numbers-pre": function ( a ) {
+		a = (a==="-") ? 0 : a.replace( /[^\d\-\.]/g, "" );
+		return parseFloat( a );
+	},
+
+	"formatted_numbers-asc": function ( a, b ) {
+		return a - b;
+	},
+
+	"formatted_numbers-desc": function ( a, b ) {
+		return b - a;
+	}
+} );