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Created April 11, 2011 23:04
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Sorting HTML-Tables (or anything) using jQuery and Javascript's native Array.prototype.sort
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sorting-jquery.js
var tableRows=$("tr").detach();
Array.prototype.sort.call(tableRows,function(a,b){
// Compare two table rows by the numeric value of their first <td>
return a.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue*1 < b.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue*1
});
$("table").append(tableRows);
// Tested in Firefox 4
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