Table Sorting, Filtering - Fixed the empty cell filtering issue http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/lib/table/index.php

table.css

/* Striping */
tr.alternate {
	background-color:#ffffcc;
}

/* Sorting */
th.table-sortable {
	cursor:pointer;
	background-position:center left;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
	padding-left:16px !important;
	background-position: 3px center;
}
th.table-sorted-asc {
	background-position:center left;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
th.table-sorted-desc {
	background-position:center left;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
th.table-filtered {
	background-position:center left;
	background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
select.table-autofilter {
	font-size:smaller;
}

/* Examples which stray from the default */
table.altstripe tr.alternate2 {
	background-color:#ccffff;
}

/* Sort Icon Styles */
th.table-sortable { background-image:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCQANAIABAMHBwf///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAAJAA0AAAIWjAOnwIrcDJxvQoezrjb1JFFL5IBGAQA7"); }
th.table-sorted-asc { background-image:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCQANAJECAMHBwd/2q////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAJAA0AAAIYlBWnwYrcDJxvQoezFqB7z33dITogBigFADs="); }
th.table-sorted-desc { background-image:url("data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhCQANAJECAMHBwd/2q////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAJAA0AAAIYlAWnwIrcDJxvQoezFqF7z33dITogFigFADs="); }

/* Icons box */
.iconset {
	margin:5px;
	border:1px solid #cccccc;
	border-color:#cccccc #666666 #666666 #cccccc;
	text-align:center;
	cursor:pointer;
	width:100px;
}
.iconset img {
	margin:3px;
}

/* Documentation */
tr.doc_section {
	font-weight:bold;
	text-align:center;
	background-color:#dddddd;
}

table.js

/**
 * Copyright (c)2005-2009 Matt Kruse (javascripttoolbox.com)
 * 
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses. 
 * This basically means you can use this code however you want for
 * free, but don't claim to have written it yourself!
 * Donations always accepted: http://www.JavascriptToolbox.com/donate/
 * 
 * Please do not link to the .js files on javascripttoolbox.com from
 * your site. Copy the files locally to your server instead.
 * 
 */
/**
 * Table.js
 * Functions for interactive Tables
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Matt Kruse (javascripttoolbox.com)
 * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses. 
 *
 * @version 0.981
 *
 * @history 0.981 2007-03-19 Added Sort.numeric_comma, additional date parsing formats
 * @history 0.980 2007-03-18 Release new BETA release pending some testing. Todo: Additional docs, examples, plus jQuery plugin.
 * @history 0.959 2007-03-05 Added more "auto" functionality, couple bug fixes
 * @history 0.958 2007-02-28 Added auto functionality based on class names
 * @history 0.957 2007-02-21 Speed increases, more code cleanup, added Auto Sort functionality
 * @history 0.956 2007-02-16 Cleaned up the code and added Auto Filter functionality.
 * @history 0.950 2006-11-15 First BETA release.
 *
 * @todo Add more date format parsers
 * @todo Add style classes to colgroup tags after sorting/filtering in case the user wants to highlight the whole column
 * @todo Correct for colspans in data rows (this may slow it down)
 * @todo Fix for IE losing form control values after sort?
 */

/**
 * Sort Functions
 */
var Sort = (function(){
	var sort = {};
	// Default alpha-numeric sort
	// --------------------------
	sort.alphanumeric = function(a,b) {
		return (a==b)?0:(a<b)?-1:1;
	};
	sort['default'] = sort.alphanumeric; // IE chokes on sort.default

	// This conversion is generalized to work for either a decimal separator of , or .
	sort.numeric_converter = function(separator) {
		return function(val) {
			if (typeof(val)=="string") {
				val = parseFloat(val.replace(/^[^\d\.]*([\d., ]+).*/g,"$1").replace(new RegExp("[^\\\d"+separator+"]","g"),'').replace(/,/,'.')) || 0;
			}
			return val || 0;
		};
	};

	// Numeric Sort	
	// ------------
	sort.numeric = function(a,b) {
		return sort.numeric.convert(a)-sort.numeric.convert(b);
	};
	sort.numeric.convert = sort.numeric_converter(".");

	// Numeric Sort	- comma decimal separator
	// --------------------------------------
	sort.numeric_comma = function(a,b) {
		return sort.numeric_comma.convert(a)-sort.numeric_comma.convert(b);
	};
	sort.numeric_comma.convert = sort.numeric_converter(",");

	// Case-insensitive Sort
	// ---------------------
	sort.ignorecase = function(a,b) {
		return sort.alphanumeric(sort.ignorecase.convert(a),sort.ignorecase.convert(b));
	};
	sort.ignorecase.convert = function(val) {
		if (val==null) { return ""; }
		return (""+val).toLowerCase();
	};

	// Currency Sort
	// -------------
	sort.currency = sort.numeric; // Just treat it as numeric!
	sort.currency_comma = sort.numeric_comma;

	// Date sort
	// ---------
	sort.date = function(a,b) {
		return sort.numeric(sort.date.convert(a),sort.date.convert(b));
	};
	// Convert 2-digit years to 4
	sort.date.fixYear=function(yr) {
		yr = +yr;
		if (yr<50) { yr += 2000; }
		else if (yr<100) { yr += 1900; }
		return yr;
	};
	sort.date.formats = [
		// YY[YY]-MM-DD
		{ re:/(\d{2,4})-(\d{1,2})-(\d{1,2})/ , f:function(x){ return (new Date(sort.date.fixYear(x[1]),+x[2],+x[3])).getTime(); } }
		// MM/DD/YY[YY] or MM-DD-YY[YY]
		,{ re:/(\d{1,2})[\/-](\d{1,2})[\/-](\d{2,4})/ , f:function(x){ return (new Date(sort.date.fixYear(x[3]),+x[1],+x[2])).getTime(); } }
		// Any catch-all format that new Date() can handle. This is not reliable except for long formats, for example: 31 Jan 2000 01:23:45 GMT
		,{ re:/(.*\d{4}.*\d+:\d+\d+.*)/, f:function(x){ var d=new Date(x[1]); if(d){return d.getTime();} } }
	];
	sort.date.convert = function(val) {
		var m,v, f = sort.date.formats;
		for (var i=0,L=f.length; i<L; i++) {
			if (m=val.match(f[i].re)) {
				v=f[i].f(m);
				if (typeof(v)!="undefined") { return v; }
			}
		}
		return 9999999999999; // So non-parsed dates will be last, not first
	};

	return sort;
})();

/**
 * The main Table namespace
 */
var Table = (function(){

	/**
	 * Determine if a reference is defined
	 */
	function def(o) {return (typeof o!="undefined");};

	/**
	 * Determine if an object or class string contains a given class.
	 */
	function hasClass(o,name) {
		return new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+name+"(\\s|$)").test(o.className);
	};

	/**
	 * Add a class to an object
	 */
	function addClass(o,name) {
		var c = o.className || "";
		if (def(c) && !hasClass(o,name)) {
			o.className += (c?" ":"") + name;
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Remove a class from an object
	 */
	function removeClass(o,name) {
		var c = o.className || "";
		o.className = c.replace(new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+name+"(\\s|$)"),"$1");
	};

	/**
	 * For classes that match a given substring, return the rest
	 */
	function classValue(o,prefix) {
		var c = o.className;
		if (c.match(new RegExp("(^|\\s)"+prefix+"([^ ]+)"))) {
			return RegExp.$2;
		}
		return null;
	};

	/**
	 * Return true if an object is hidden.
	 * This uses the "russian doll" technique to unwrap itself to the most efficient
	 * function after the first pass. This avoids repeated feature detection that 
	 * would always fall into the same block of code.
	 */
	 function isHidden(o) {
		if (window.getComputedStyle) {
			var cs = window.getComputedStyle;
			return (isHidden = function(o) {
				return 'none'==cs(o,null).getPropertyValue('display');
			})(o);
		}
		else if (window.currentStyle) {
			return(isHidden = function(o) {
				return 'none'==o.currentStyle['display'];
			})(o);
		}
		return (isHidden = function(o) {
			return 'none'==o.style['display'];
		})(o);
	};

	/**
	 * Get a parent element by tag name, or the original element if it is of the tag type
	 */
	function getParent(o,a,b) {
		if (o!=null && o.nodeName) {
			if (o.nodeName==a || (b && o.nodeName==b)) {
				return o;
			}
			while (o=o.parentNode) {
				if (o.nodeName && (o.nodeName==a || (b && o.nodeName==b))) {
					return o;
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	};

	/**
	 * Utility function to copy properties from one object to another
	 */
	function copy(o1,o2) {
		for (var i=2;i<arguments.length; i++) {
			var a = arguments[i];
			if (def(o1[a])) {
				o2[a] = o1[a];
			}
		}
	}

	// The table object itself
	var table = {
		//Class names used in the code
		AutoStripeClassName:"table-autostripe",
		StripeClassNamePrefix:"table-stripeclass:",

		AutoSortClassName:"table-autosort",
		AutoSortColumnPrefix:"table-autosort:",
		AutoSortTitle:"Click to sort",
		SortedAscendingClassName:"table-sorted-asc",
		SortedDescendingClassName:"table-sorted-desc",
		SortableClassName:"table-sortable",
		SortableColumnPrefix:"table-sortable:",
		NoSortClassName:"table-nosort",

		AutoFilterClassName:"table-autofilter",
		FilteredClassName:"table-filtered",
		FilterableClassName:"table-filterable",
		FilteredRowcountPrefix:"table-filtered-rowcount:",
		RowcountPrefix:"table-rowcount:",
		FilterAllLabel:"Filter: All",

		AutoPageSizePrefix:"table-autopage:",
		AutoPageJumpPrefix:"table-page:",
		PageNumberPrefix:"table-page-number:",
		PageCountPrefix:"table-page-count:"
	};

	/**
	 * A place to store misc table information, rather than in the table objects themselves
	 */
	table.tabledata = {};

	/**
	 * Resolve a table given an element reference, and make sure it has a unique ID
	 */
	table.uniqueId=1;
	table.resolve = function(o,args) {
		if (o!=null && o.nodeName && o.nodeName!="TABLE") {
			o = getParent(o,"TABLE");
		}
		if (o==null) { return null; }
		if (!o.id) {
			var id = null;
			do { var id = "TABLE_"+(table.uniqueId++); } 
				while (document.getElementById(id)!=null);
			o.id = id;
		}
		this.tabledata[o.id] = this.tabledata[o.id] || {};
		if (args) {
			copy(args,this.tabledata[o.id],"stripeclass","ignorehiddenrows","useinnertext","sorttype","col","desc","page","pagesize");
		}
		return o;
	};


	/**
	 * Run a function against each cell in a table header or footer, usually 
	 * to add or remove css classes based on sorting, filtering, etc.
	 */
	table.processTableCells = function(t, type, func, arg) {
		t = this.resolve(t);
		if (t==null) { return; }
		if (type!="TFOOT") {
			this.processCells(t.tHead, func, arg);
		}
		if (type!="THEAD") {
			this.processCells(t.tFoot, func, arg);
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Internal method used to process an arbitrary collection of cells.
	 * Referenced by processTableCells.
	 * It's done this way to avoid getElementsByTagName() which would also return nested table cells.
	 */
	table.processCells = function(section,func,arg) {
		if (section!=null) {
			if (section.rows && section.rows.length && section.rows.length>0) { 
				var rows = section.rows;
				for (var j=0,L2=rows.length; j<L2; j++) { 
					var row = rows[j];
					if (row.cells && row.cells.length && row.cells.length>0) {
						var cells = row.cells;
						for (var k=0,L3=cells.length; k<L3; k++) {
							var cellsK = cells[k];
							func.call(this,cellsK,arg);
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Get the cellIndex value for a cell. This is only needed because of a Safari
	 * bug that causes cellIndex to exist but always be 0.
	 * Rather than feature-detecting each time it is called, the function will
	 * re-write itself the first time it is called.
	 */
	table.getCellIndex = function(td) {
		var tr = td.parentNode;
		var cells = tr.cells;
		if (cells && cells.length) {
			if (cells.length>1 && cells[cells.length-1].cellIndex>0) {
				// Define the new function, overwrite the one we're running now, and then run the new one
				(this.getCellIndex = function(td) {
					return td.cellIndex;
				})(td);
			}
			// Safari will always go through this slower block every time. Oh well.
			for (var i=0,L=cells.length; i<L; i++) {
				if (tr.cells[i]==td) {
					return i;
				}
			}
		}
		return 0;
	};

	/**
	 * A map of node names and how to convert them into their "value" for sorting, filtering, etc.
	 * These are put here so it is extensible.
	 */
	table.nodeValue = {
		'INPUT':function(node) { 
			if (def(node.value) && node.type && ((node.type!="checkbox" && node.type!="radio") || node.checked)) {
				return node.value;
			}
			return "";
		},
		'SELECT':function(node) {
			if (node.selectedIndex>=0 && node.options) {
				// Sort select elements by the visible text
				return node.options[node.selectedIndex].text;
			}
			return "";
		},
		'IMG':function(node) {
			return node.name || "";
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Get the text value of a cell. Only use innerText if explicitly told to, because 
	 * otherwise we want to be able to handle sorting on inputs and other types
	 */
	table.getCellValue = function(td,useInnerText) {
		if (useInnerText && def(td.innerText)) {
			return td.innerText;
		}
		if (!td.childNodes) { 
			return ""; 
		}
		var childNodes=td.childNodes;
		var ret = "";
		for (var i=0,L=childNodes.length; i<L; i++) {
			var node = childNodes[i];
			var type = node.nodeType;
			// In order to get realistic sort results, we need to treat some elements in a special way.
			// These behaviors are defined in the nodeValue() object, keyed by node name
			if (type==1) {
				var nname = node.nodeName;
				if (this.nodeValue[nname]) {
					ret += this.nodeValue[nname](node);
				}
				else {
					ret += this.getCellValue(node);
				}
			}
			else if (type==3) {
				if (def(node.innerText)) {
					ret += node.innerText;
				}
				else if (def(node.nodeValue)) {
					ret += node.nodeValue;
				}
			}
		}
		return ret;
	};

	/**
	 * Consider colspan and rowspan values in table header cells to calculate the actual cellIndex
	 * of a given cell. This is necessary because if the first cell in row 0 has a rowspan of 2, 
	 * then the first cell in row 1 will have a cellIndex of 0 rather than 1, even though it really
	 * starts in the second column rather than the first.
	 * See: http://www.javascripttoolbox.com/temp/table_cellindex.html
	 */
	table.tableHeaderIndexes = {};
	table.getActualCellIndex = function(tableCellObj) {
		if (!def(tableCellObj.cellIndex)) { return null; }
		var tableObj = getParent(tableCellObj,"TABLE");
		var cellCoordinates = tableCellObj.parentNode.rowIndex+"-"+this.getCellIndex(tableCellObj);

		// If it has already been computed, return the answer from the lookup table
		if (def(this.tableHeaderIndexes[tableObj.id])) {
			return this.tableHeaderIndexes[tableObj.id][cellCoordinates];      
		} 

		var matrix = [];
		this.tableHeaderIndexes[tableObj.id] = {};
		var thead = getParent(tableCellObj,"THEAD");
		var trs = thead.getElementsByTagName('TR');

		// Loop thru every tr and every cell in the tr, building up a 2-d array "grid" that gets
		// populated with an "x" for each space that a cell takes up. If the first cell is colspan
		// 2, it will fill in values [0] and [1] in the first array, so that the second cell will
		// find the first empty cell in the first row (which will be [2]) and know that this is
		// where it sits, rather than its internal .cellIndex value of [1].
		for (var i=0; i<trs.length; i++) {
			var cells = trs[i].cells;
			for (var j=0; j<cells.length; j++) {
				var c = cells[j];
				var rowIndex = c.parentNode.rowIndex;
				var cellId = rowIndex+"-"+this.getCellIndex(c);
				var rowSpan = c.rowSpan || 1;
				var colSpan = c.colSpan || 1;
				var firstAvailCol;
				if(!def(matrix[rowIndex])) { 
					matrix[rowIndex] = []; 
				}
				var m = matrix[rowIndex];
				// Find first available column in the first row
				for (var k=0; k<m.length+1; k++) {
					if (!def(m[k])) {
						firstAvailCol = k;
						break;
					}
				}
				this.tableHeaderIndexes[tableObj.id][cellId] = firstAvailCol;
				for (var k=rowIndex; k<rowIndex+rowSpan; k++) {
					if(!def(matrix[k])) { 
						matrix[k] = []; 
					}
					var matrixrow = matrix[k];
					for (var l=firstAvailCol; l<firstAvailCol+colSpan; l++) {
						matrixrow[l] = "x";
					}
				}
			}
		}
		// Store the map so future lookups are fast.
		return this.tableHeaderIndexes[tableObj.id][cellCoordinates];
	};

	/**
	 * Sort all rows in each TBODY (tbodies are sorted independent of each other)
	 */
	table.sort = function(o,args) {
		var t, tdata, sortconvert=null;
		// Allow for a simple passing of sort type as second parameter
		if (typeof(args)=="function") {
			args={sorttype:args};
		}
		args = args || {};

		// If no col is specified, deduce it from the object sent in
		if (!def(args.col)) { 
			args.col = this.getActualCellIndex(o) || 0; 
		}
		// If no sort type is specified, default to the default sort
		args.sorttype = args.sorttype || Sort['default'];

		// Resolve the table
		t = this.resolve(o,args);
		tdata = this.tabledata[t.id];

		// If we are sorting on the same column as last time, flip the sort direction
		if (def(tdata.lastcol) && tdata.lastcol==tdata.col && def(tdata.lastdesc)) {
			tdata.desc = !tdata.lastdesc;
		}
		else {
			tdata.desc = !!args.desc;
		}

		// Store the last sorted column so clicking again will reverse the sort order
		tdata.lastcol=tdata.col;
		tdata.lastdesc=!!tdata.desc;

		// If a sort conversion function exists, pre-convert cell values and then use a plain alphanumeric sort
		var sorttype = tdata.sorttype;
		if (typeof(sorttype.convert)=="function") {
			sortconvert=tdata.sorttype.convert;
			sorttype=Sort.alphanumeric;
		}

		// Loop through all THEADs and remove sorted class names, then re-add them for the col
		// that is being sorted
		this.processTableCells(t,"THEAD",
			function(cell) {
				if (hasClass(cell,this.SortableClassName)) {
					removeClass(cell,this.SortedAscendingClassName);
					removeClass(cell,this.SortedDescendingClassName);
					// If the computed colIndex of the cell equals the sorted colIndex, flag it as sorted
					if (tdata.col==table.getActualCellIndex(cell) && (classValue(cell,table.SortableClassName))) {
						addClass(cell,tdata.desc?this.SortedAscendingClassName:this.SortedDescendingClassName);
					}
				}
			}
		);

		// Sort each tbody independently
		var bodies = t.tBodies;
		if (bodies==null || bodies.length==0) { return; }

		// Define a new sort function to be called to consider descending or not
		var newSortFunc = (tdata.desc)?
			function(a,b){return sorttype(b[0],a[0]);}
			:function(a,b){return sorttype(a[0],b[0]);};

		var useinnertext=!!tdata.useinnertext;
		var col = tdata.col;

		for (var i=0,L=bodies.length; i<L; i++) {
			var tb = bodies[i], tbrows = tb.rows, rows = [];

			// Allow tbodies to request that they not be sorted
			if(!hasClass(tb,table.NoSortClassName)) {
				// Create a separate array which will store the converted values and refs to the
				// actual rows. This is the array that will be sorted.
				var cRow, cRowIndex=0;
				if (cRow=tbrows[cRowIndex]){
					// Funky loop style because it's considerably faster in IE
					do {
						if (rowCells = cRow.cells) {
							var cellValue = (col<rowCells.length)?this.getCellValue(rowCells[col],useinnertext):null;
							if (sortconvert) cellValue = sortconvert(cellValue);
							rows[cRowIndex] = [cellValue,tbrows[cRowIndex]];
						}
					} while (cRow=tbrows[++cRowIndex])
				}

				// Do the actual sorting
				rows.sort(newSortFunc);

				// Move the rows to the correctly sorted order. Appending an existing DOM object just moves it!
				cRowIndex=0;
				var displayedCount=0;
				var f=[removeClass,addClass];
				if (cRow=rows[cRowIndex]){
					do { 
						tb.appendChild(cRow[1]); 
					} while (cRow=rows[++cRowIndex])
				}
			}
		}

		// If paging is enabled on the table, then we need to re-page because the order of rows has changed!
		if (tdata.pagesize) {
			this.page(t); // This will internally do the striping
		}
		else {
			// Re-stripe if a class name was supplied
			if (tdata.stripeclass) {
				this.stripe(t,tdata.stripeclass,!!tdata.ignorehiddenrows);
			}
		}
	};

	/**
	* Apply a filter to rows in a table and hide those that do not match.
	*/
	table.filter = function(o,filters,args) {
		
		var cell;
		args = args || {};

		var t = this.resolve(o,args);
		var tdata = this.tabledata[t.id];

		// If new filters were passed in, apply them to the table's list of filters
		if (!filters) {
			// If a null or blank value was sent in for 'filters' then that means reset the table to no filters
			tdata.filters = null;
		}
		else {

			// Allow for passing a select list in as the filter, since this is common design
			if (filters.nodeName=="SELECT" && filters.type=="select-one" && filters.selectedIndex>-1) {
				filters={ 'filter':filters.options[filters.selectedIndex].value };
			}
			// Also allow for a regular input
			if (filters.nodeName=="INPUT" && filters.type=="text") {
				filters={ 'filter':"/^"+filters.value+"/" };
			}
			// Force filters to be an array
			if (typeof(filters)=="object" && !filters.length) {
				filters = [filters];
			}

			// Convert regular expression strings to RegExp objects and function strings to function objects
			for (var i=0,L=filters.length; i<L; i++) {
				var filter = filters[i];
				if (typeof(filter.filter)=="string") {
					// If a filter string is like "/expr/" then turn it into a Regex
					if (filter.filter.match(/^\/(.*)\/$/)) {
						filter.filter = new RegExp(RegExp.$1);
						filter.filter.regex=true;
					}
					// If filter string is like "function (x) { ... }" then turn it into a function
					else if (filter.filter.match(/^function\s*\(([^\)]*)\)\s*\{(.*)}\s*$/)) {
						filter.filter = Function(RegExp.$1,RegExp.$2);
					}
				}
				// If some non-table object was passed in rather than a 'col' value, resolve it 
				// and assign it's column index to the filter if it doesn't have one. This way, 
				// passing in a cell reference or a select object etc instead of a table object 
				// will automatically set the correct column to filter.
				if (filter && !def(filter.col) && (cell=getParent(o,"TD","TH"))) {
					filter.col = this.getCellIndex(cell);
				}

				// Apply the passed-in filters to the existing list of filters for the table, removing those that have a filter of null or ""
				if ((!filter || !filter.filter) && tdata.filters) {
					delete tdata.filters[filter.col];
				}
				else {
					tdata.filters = tdata.filters || {};
					tdata.filters[filter.col] = filter.filter;
				}
			}
			// If no more filters are left, then make sure to empty out the filters object
			for (var j in tdata.filters) { var keep = true; }
			if (!keep) {
				tdata.filters = null;
			}
		}

		// Everything's been setup, so now scrape the table rows
		return table.scrape(o);
	};

	/**
	 * "Page" a table by showing only a subset of the rows
	 */
	table.page = function(t,page,args) {
		args = args || {};
		if (def(page)) { args.page = page; }
		return table.scrape(t,args);
	};

	/**
	 * Jump forward or back any number of pages
	 */
	table.pageJump = function(t,count,args) {
		t = this.resolve(t,args);
		return this.page(t,(table.tabledata[t.id].page||0)+count,args);
	};

	/**
	 * Go to the next page of a paged table
	 */	
	table.pageNext = function(t,args) {
		return this.pageJump(t,1,args);
	};

	/**
	 * Go to the previous page of a paged table
	 */	
	table.pagePrevious = function(t,args) {
		return this.pageJump(t,-1,args);
	};

	/**
	* Scrape a table to either hide or show each row based on filters and paging
	*/
	table.scrape = function(o,args) {
		var col,cell,filterList,filterReset=false,filter;
		var page,pagesize,pagestart,pageend;
		var unfilteredrows=[],unfilteredrowcount=0,totalrows=0;
		var t,tdata,row,hideRow;
		args = args || {};

		// Resolve the table object
		t = this.resolve(o,args);
		tdata = this.tabledata[t.id];

		// Setup for Paging
		var page = tdata.page;
		if (def(page)) {
			// Don't let the page go before the beginning
			if (page<0) { tdata.page=page=0; }
			pagesize = tdata.pagesize || 25; // 25=arbitrary default
			pagestart = page*pagesize+1;
			pageend = pagestart + pagesize - 1;
		}

		// Scrape each row of each tbody
		var bodies = t.tBodies;
		if (bodies==null || bodies.length==0) { return; }
		for (var i=0,L=bodies.length; i<L; i++) {
			var tb = bodies[i];
			for (var j=0,L2=tb.rows.length; j<L2; j++) {
				row = tb.rows[j];
				hideRow = false;

				// Test if filters will hide the row
				if (tdata.filters && row.cells) {
					var cells = row.cells;
					var cellsLength = cells.length;
					// Test each filter
					for (col in tdata.filters) {
						if (!hideRow) {
							filter = tdata.filters[col];

							if (filter && col<cellsLength) {
								var val = this.getCellValue(cells[col]);
								if (filter.regex && val.search) {
									hideRow=(val.search(filter)<0);
								}
								else if (typeof(filter)=="function") {
									hideRow=!filter(val,cells[col]);
								}
								else {
									hideRow = (val!=filter);
								}
							}else{
								//Amitesh
								//filter empty cell
								var val = this.getCellValue(cells[col]);
								hideRow = !(val == filter);
							}
						}
					}
				}

				// Keep track of the total rows scanned and the total runs _not_ filtered out
				totalrows++;
				if (!hideRow) {
					unfilteredrowcount++;
					if (def(page)) {
						// Temporarily keep an array of unfiltered rows in case the page we're on goes past
						// the last page and we need to back up. Don't want to filter again!
						unfilteredrows.push(row);
						if (unfilteredrowcount<pagestart || unfilteredrowcount>pageend) {
							hideRow = true;
						}
					}
				}

				row.style.display = hideRow?"none":"";
			}
		}

		if (def(page)) {
			// Check to see if filtering has put us past the requested page index. If it has, 
			// then go back to the last page and show it.
			if (pagestart>=unfilteredrowcount) {
				pagestart = unfilteredrowcount-(unfilteredrowcount%pagesize);
				tdata.page = page = pagestart/pagesize;
				for (var i=pagestart,L=unfilteredrows.length; i<L; i++) {
					unfilteredrows[i].style.display="";
				}
			}
		}

		// Loop through all THEADs and add/remove filtered class names
		this.processTableCells(t,"THEAD",
			function(c) {
				((tdata.filters && def(tdata.filters[table.getCellIndex(c)]) && hasClass(c,table.FilterableClassName))?addClass:removeClass)(c,table.FilteredClassName);
			}
		);

		// Stripe the table if necessary
		if (tdata.stripeclass) {
			this.stripe(t);
		}

		// Calculate some values to be returned for info and updating purposes
		var pagecount = Math.floor(unfilteredrowcount/pagesize)+1;
		if (def(page)) {
			// Update the page number/total containers if they exist
			if (tdata.container_number) {
				tdata.container_number.innerHTML = page+1;
			}
			if (tdata.container_count) {
				tdata.container_count.innerHTML = pagecount;
			}
		}

		// Update the row count containers if they exist
		if (tdata.container_filtered_count) {
			tdata.container_filtered_count.innerHTML = unfilteredrowcount;
		}
		if (tdata.container_all_count) {
			tdata.container_all_count.innerHTML = totalrows;
		}
		return { 'data':tdata, 'unfilteredcount':unfilteredrowcount, 'total':totalrows, 'pagecount':pagecount, 'page':page, 'pagesize':pagesize };
	};

	/**
	 * Shade alternate rows, aka Stripe the table.
	 */
	table.stripe = function(t,className,args) { 
		args = args || {};
		args.stripeclass = className;

		t = this.resolve(t,args);
		var tdata = this.tabledata[t.id];

		var bodies = t.tBodies;
		if (bodies==null || bodies.length==0) { 
			return; 
		}

		className = tdata.stripeclass;
		// Cache a shorter, quicker reference to either the remove or add class methods
		var f=[removeClass,addClass];
		for (var i=0,L=bodies.length; i<L; i++) {
			var tb = bodies[i], tbrows = tb.rows, cRowIndex=0, cRow, displayedCount=0;
			if (cRow=tbrows[cRowIndex]){
				// The ignorehiddenrows test is pulled out of the loop for a slight speed increase.
				// Makes a bigger difference in FF than in IE.
				// In this case, speed always wins over brevity!
				if (tdata.ignoreHiddenRows) {
					do {
						f[displayedCount++%2](cRow,className);
					} while (cRow=tbrows[++cRowIndex])
				}
				else {
					do {
						if (!isHidden(cRow)) {
							f[displayedCount++%2](cRow,className);
						}
					} while (cRow=tbrows[++cRowIndex])
				}
			}
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Build up a list of unique values in a table column
	 */
	table.getUniqueColValues = function(t,col) {
		var values={}, bodies = this.resolve(t).tBodies;
		for (var i=0,L=bodies.length; i<L; i++) {
			var tbody = bodies[i];
			for (var r=0,L2=tbody.rows.length; r<L2; r++) {
				values[this.getCellValue(tbody.rows[r].cells[col])] = true;
			}
		}
		var valArray = [];
		for (var val in values) {
			valArray.push(val);
		}
		return valArray.sort();
	};

	/**
	 * Scan the document on load and add sorting, filtering, paging etc ability automatically
	 * based on existence of class names on the table and cells.
	 */
	table.auto = function(args) {
		var cells = [], tables = document.getElementsByTagName("TABLE");
		var val,tdata;
		if (tables!=null) {
			for (var i=0,L=tables.length; i<L; i++) {
				var t = table.resolve(tables[i]);
				tdata = table.tabledata[t.id];
				if (val=classValue(t,table.StripeClassNamePrefix)) {
					tdata.stripeclass=val;
				}
				// Do auto-filter if necessary
				if (hasClass(t,table.AutoFilterClassName)) {
					table.autofilter(t);
				}
				// Do auto-page if necessary
				if (val = classValue(t,table.AutoPageSizePrefix)) {
					table.autopage(t,{'pagesize':+val});
				}
				// Do auto-sort if necessary
				if ((val = classValue(t,table.AutoSortColumnPrefix)) || (hasClass(t,table.AutoSortClassName))) {
					table.autosort(t,{'col':(val==null)?null:+val});
				}
				// Do auto-stripe if necessary
				if (tdata.stripeclass && hasClass(t,table.AutoStripeClassName)) {
					table.stripe(t);
				}
			}
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Add sorting functionality to a table header cell
	 */
	table.autosort = function(t,args) {
		t = this.resolve(t,args);
		var tdata = this.tabledata[t.id];
		this.processTableCells(t, "THEAD", function(c) {
			var type = classValue(c,table.SortableColumnPrefix);
			if (type!=null) {
				type = type || "default";
				c.title =c.title || table.AutoSortTitle;
				addClass(c,table.SortableClassName);
				c.onclick = Function("","Table.sort(this,{'sorttype':Sort['"+type+"']})");
				// If we are going to auto sort on a column, we need to keep track of what kind of sort it will be
				if (args.col!=null) {
					if (args.col==table.getActualCellIndex(c)) {
						tdata.sorttype=Sort['"+type+"'];
					}
				}
			}
		} );
		if (args.col!=null) {
			table.sort(t,args);
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Add paging functionality to a table 
	 */
	table.autopage = function(t,args) {
		t = this.resolve(t,args);
		var tdata = this.tabledata[t.id];
		if (tdata.pagesize) {
			this.processTableCells(t, "THEAD,TFOOT", function(c) {
				var type = classValue(c,table.AutoPageJumpPrefix);
				if (type=="next") { type = 1; }
				else if (type=="previous") { type = -1; }
				if (type!=null) {
					c.onclick = Function("","Table.pageJump(this,"+type+")");
				}
			} );
			if (val = classValue(t,table.PageNumberPrefix)) {
				tdata.container_number = document.getElementById(val);
			}
			if (val = classValue(t,table.PageCountPrefix)) {
				tdata.container_count = document.getElementById(val);
			}
			return table.page(t,0,args);
		}
	};

	/**
	 * A util function to cancel bubbling of clicks on filter dropdowns
	 */
	table.cancelBubble = function(e) {
		e = e || window.event;
		if (typeof(e.stopPropagation)=="function") { e.stopPropagation(); } 
		if (def(e.cancelBubble)) { e.cancelBubble = true; }
	};

	/**
	 * Auto-filter a table
	 */
	table.autofilter = function(t,args) {
		args = args || {};
		t = this.resolve(t,args);
		var tdata = this.tabledata[t.id],val;
		table.processTableCells(t, "THEAD", function(cell) {
			if (hasClass(cell,table.FilterableClassName)) {
				var cellIndex = table.getCellIndex(cell);
				var colValues = table.getUniqueColValues(t,cellIndex);
				if (colValues.length>0) {
					if (typeof(args.insert)=="function") {
						func.insert(cell,colValues);
					}
					else {
						var sel = '<select onchange="Table.filter(this,this)" onclick="Table.cancelBubble(event)" class="'+table.AutoFilterClassName+'"><option value="">'+table.FilterAllLabel+'</option>';
						for (var i=0; i<colValues.length; i++) {
							sel += '<option value="'+colValues[i]+'">'+colValues[i]+'</option>';
						}
						sel += '</select>';
						cell.innerHTML += "<br>"+sel;
					}
				}
			}
		});
		if (val = classValue(t,table.FilteredRowcountPrefix)) {
			tdata.container_filtered_count = document.getElementById(val);
		}
		if (val = classValue(t,table.RowcountPrefix)) {
			tdata.container_all_count = document.getElementById(val);
		}
	};

	/**
	 * Attach the auto event so it happens on load.
	 * use jQuery's ready() function if available
	 */
	if (typeof(jQuery)!="undefined") {
		jQuery(table.auto);
	}
	else if (window.addEventListener) {
		window.addEventListener( "load", table.auto, false );
	}
	else if (window.attachEvent) {
		window.attachEvent( "onload", table.auto );
	}

	return table;
})();