I have a task of sorting the table row in a table. The data in the table is a mixture of everything like date, number, string etc etc.
I have gone through many links where I found some are directed to the ready library. Which is of no use to me. Finally going through lot of things I have made my own using all tits and bits. which is working only for number
This is the script:
$(document).ready(function () {
//grab all header rows
$('th').each(function (column) {
$(this).addClass('sortable').click(function () {
var findSortKey = function ($cell) {
return $cell.find('.sort-key').text().toUpperCase()+ ' ' + $cell.text().toUpperCase();
};
var sortDirection = $(this).is('.sorted-asc') ? -1 : 1;
var $rows = $(this).parent().parent().parent().find('tbody tr').get();
//loop through all the rows and find
$.each($rows, function (index, row) {
row.sortKey = findSortKey($(row).children('td').eq(column));
});
//pare and sort the rows alphabetically or numerically
$rows.sort(function (a, b) {
if (a.sortKey.indexOf('-') == -1) {
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) < parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return -sortDirection;
}
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) > parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return sortDirection;
}
} else {
if (a.sortKey < b.sortKey) {
return -sortDirection;
}
if (a.sortKey > b.sortKey) {
return sortDirection;
}
}
return 0;
});
//add the rows in the correct order to the bottom of the table
$.each($rows, function (index, row) {
$('tbody').append(row);
row.sortKey = null;
});
//identify the column sort order
$('th').removeClass('sorted-asc sorted-desc');
var $sortHead = $('th').filter(':nth-child(' + (column + 1) + ')');
sortDirection == 1 ? $sortHead.addClass('sorted-asc') : $sortHead.addClass('sorted-desc');
//identify the column to be sorted by
$('td').removeClass('sorted').filter(':nth-child(' + (column + 1) + ')').addClass('sorted');
});
});
});
This is the style for the document:
<style>
root
{
display: block;
}
th.sortable
{
color: #666;
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: underline;
}
th.sortable:hover
{
color: black;
}
th.sorted-asc, th.sorted-desc
{
color: black;
background-color: cadetblue;
}
</style>
So below is the HTML part.
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="sortable">Name</th>
<th class="sortable">Salary</th>
<th>Extension</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Start date (American)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bloggs, Fred</td>
<td>$12000.00</td>
<td>1353</td>
<td>18/08/2003</td>
<td>08/18/2003</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Turvey, Kevin</td>
<td>$191200.00</td>
<td>2342</td>
<td>02/05/1979</td>
<td>05/02/1979</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mbogo, Arnold</td>
<td>$32010.12</td>
<td>2755</td>
<td>09/08/1998</td>
<td>08/09/1998</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shakespeare, Bill</td>
<td>$122000.00</td>
<td>3211</td>
<td>12/11/1961</td>
<td>11/12/1961</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shakespeare, Hamnet</td>
<td>$9000</td>
<td>9005</td>
<td>01/01/2002</td>
<td>01/01/2002</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fitz, Marvin</td>
<td>$3300</td>
<td>5554</td>
<td>22/05/1995</td>
<td>05/22/1995</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
I have a task of sorting the table row in a table. The data in the table is a mixture of everything like date, number, string etc etc.
I have gone through many links where I found some are directed to the ready library. Which is of no use to me. Finally going through lot of things I have made my own using all tits and bits. which is working only for number
This is the script:
$(document).ready(function () {
//grab all header rows
$('th').each(function (column) {
$(this).addClass('sortable').click(function () {
var findSortKey = function ($cell) {
return $cell.find('.sort-key').text().toUpperCase()+ ' ' + $cell.text().toUpperCase();
};
var sortDirection = $(this).is('.sorted-asc') ? -1 : 1;
var $rows = $(this).parent().parent().parent().find('tbody tr').get();
//loop through all the rows and find
$.each($rows, function (index, row) {
row.sortKey = findSortKey($(row).children('td').eq(column));
});
//pare and sort the rows alphabetically or numerically
$rows.sort(function (a, b) {
if (a.sortKey.indexOf('-') == -1) {
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) < parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return -sortDirection;
}
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) > parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return sortDirection;
}
} else {
if (a.sortKey < b.sortKey) {
return -sortDirection;
}
if (a.sortKey > b.sortKey) {
return sortDirection;
}
}
return 0;
});
//add the rows in the correct order to the bottom of the table
$.each($rows, function (index, row) {
$('tbody').append(row);
row.sortKey = null;
});
//identify the column sort order
$('th').removeClass('sorted-asc sorted-desc');
var $sortHead = $('th').filter(':nth-child(' + (column + 1) + ')');
sortDirection == 1 ? $sortHead.addClass('sorted-asc') : $sortHead.addClass('sorted-desc');
//identify the column to be sorted by
$('td').removeClass('sorted').filter(':nth-child(' + (column + 1) + ')').addClass('sorted');
});
});
});
This is the style for the document:
<style>
root
{
display: block;
}
th.sortable
{
color: #666;
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: underline;
}
th.sortable:hover
{
color: black;
}
th.sorted-asc, th.sorted-desc
{
color: black;
background-color: cadetblue;
}
</style>
So below is the HTML part.
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="sortable">Name</th>
<th class="sortable">Salary</th>
<th>Extension</th>
<th>Start date</th>
<th>Start date (American)</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bloggs, Fred</td>
<td>$12000.00</td>
<td>1353</td>
<td>18/08/2003</td>
<td>08/18/2003</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Turvey, Kevin</td>
<td>$191200.00</td>
<td>2342</td>
<td>02/05/1979</td>
<td>05/02/1979</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mbogo, Arnold</td>
<td>$32010.12</td>
<td>2755</td>
<td>09/08/1998</td>
<td>08/09/1998</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shakespeare, Bill</td>
<td>$122000.00</td>
<td>3211</td>
<td>12/11/1961</td>
<td>11/12/1961</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shakespeare, Hamnet</td>
<td>$9000</td>
<td>9005</td>
<td>01/01/2002</td>
<td>01/01/2002</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fitz, Marvin</td>
<td>$3300</td>
<td>5554</td>
<td>22/05/1995</td>
<td>05/22/1995</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
- Here's a fiddle if any one wants to fork it jsfiddle/jZ6zZ – andrewk Commented Aug 30, 2012 at 5:10
- I have used tablesorter./docs extensively in the past. Have you checked it out? If so how does it not meet your needs? – Jon P Commented Aug 30, 2012 at 5:14
- Hi @JonP, The problem is it uses Lib from its site "jquery.tablesorter.js" which is not allowed. I need to write the code or frame it by my own. So only option is to edit my own code. – teenu Commented Aug 30, 2012 at 5:18
1 Answer
Reset to default 3Sounds like homework, which is fine, as you have shown some effort yourself. If you are not allowed to tablesorter , download it, I think there is a debug version, and have a look at the code. That should help you in your quest.
If this is homework, remember out in the real world that a golden rule of programming is don't re-invent the wheel. If there is a plug in that meets your needs, use it.
Fixing What you have
The problem with your code as it stands is:
if (a.sortKey.indexOf('-') == -1) {
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) < parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return -sortDirection;
}
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) > parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return sortDirection;
}
} else {
//Non numeric sort
}
Here you are always trying to sort as an integer if a does not contain -. A very rough fix is:
if (a.sortKey.indexOf('-') == -1 && (!isNaN(a.sortKey) && !isNaN(a.sortKey))) {
//Rough Numeracy check
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) < parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return -sortDirection;
}
if (parseInt(a.sortKey) > parseInt(b.sortKey)) {
return sortDirection;
}
} else {
//Non numeric sort
}
Here is a working fidle.
Keep in mind this is a very rough numeracy check you will probably need other checks and balances for other data types.