/** * Just like the "hidden title numeric sorting" plug-in, this sorting plug-in * will take the information to be sorted on from the title attribute of a span * element. The only difference is that it is string based sorting rather than * numeric. * @name Hidden title string sorting * @author Allan Jardine */ jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, { "title-string-pre": function ( a ) { return a.match(/title="(.*?)"/)[1].toLowerCase(); }, "title-string-asc": function ( a, b ) { return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0)); }, "title-string-desc": function ( a, b ) { return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0)); } } );