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How to sort tables in HTML by number
By the way, I know there are questions like this on StackOverflow but none address my issue so please don't close my question with a response of a post with a similar title, but nothing to do with my issue
Context
I am creating a web application for a non-profit little league team. It simply displays the player info on the live stream when you select them in the web app. My client wanted it so it displays the players in order by their batting number, so I did this with the sorttable.js or whatever it is called but I'm having sorting issues
Issues
For example if this is the table
Name
Batting Order
Player 1
1
Player 2
10
Player 3
2
10 would go before 2 because it has a 1.
What I've tried
I've tried making 1 to 01 and 2 to 02 which did work. But I can't use this because the system to calculate whose next gets confused with 02.
What I want
I want to be able to sort my HTML table with javascript by number in the correct order without having 10 be before 2
Code
In case it's needed this is the code
<table class='table table-hover table-dark table-bordered sortable'>
<thead>
<tr>
<!-- <th>Picture</th> -->
<th>Name</th>
<th>Number</th>
<th>Batting Order</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="homes">
</tbody>
sorttable.js
/*
SortTable
version 2
7th April 2007
Stuart Langridge, http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/
Instructions:
Download this file
Add <script src="sorttable.js"></script> to your HTML
Add class="sortable" to any table you'd like to make sortable
Click on the headers to sort
Thanks to many, many people for contributions and suggestions.
Licenced as X11: http://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/licence.html
This basically means: do what you want with it.
*/
var stIsIE = /*#cc_on!#*/false;
sorttable = {
init: function() {
// quit if this function has already been called
if (arguments.callee.done) return;
// flag this function so we don't do the same thing twice
arguments.callee.done = true;
// kill the timer
if (_timer) clearInterval(_timer);
if (!document.createElement || !document.getElementsByTagName) return;
sorttable.DATE_RE = /^(\d\d?)[\/\.-](\d\d?)[\/\.-]((\d\d)?\d\d)$/;
forEach(document.getElementsByTagName('table'), function(table) {
if (table.className.search(/\bsortable\b/) != -1) {
sorttable.makeSortable(table);
}
});
},
makeSortable: function(table) {
if (table.getElementsByTagName('thead').length == 0) {
// table doesn't have a tHead. Since it should have, create one and
// put the first table row in it.
the = document.createElement('thead');
the.appendChild(table.rows[0]);
table.insertBefore(the,table.firstChild);
}
// Safari doesn't support table.tHead, sigh
if (table.tHead == null) table.tHead = table.getElementsByTagName('thead')[0];
if (table.tHead.rows.length != 1) return; // can't cope with two header rows
// Sorttable v1 put rows with a class of "sortbottom" at the bottom (as
// "total" rows, for example). This is B&R, since what you're supposed
// to do is put them in a tfoot. So, if there are sortbottom rows,
// for backwards compatibility, move them to tfoot (creating it if needed).
sortbottomrows = [];
for (var i=0; i<table.rows.length; i++) {
if (table.rows[i].className.search(/\bsortbottom\b/) != -1) {
sortbottomrows[sortbottomrows.length] = table.rows[i];
}
}
if (sortbottomrows) {
if (table.tFoot == null) {
// table doesn't have a tfoot. Create one.
tfo = document.createElement('tfoot');
table.appendChild(tfo);
}
for (var i=0; i<sortbottomrows.length; i++) {
tfo.appendChild(sortbottomrows[i]);
}
delete sortbottomrows;
}
// work through each column and calculate its type
headrow = table.tHead.rows[0].cells;
for (var i=0; i<headrow.length; i++) {
// manually override the type with a sorttable_type attribute
if (!headrow[i].className.match(/\bsorttable_nosort\b/)) { // skip this col
mtch = headrow[i].className.match(/\bsorttable_([a-z0-9]+)\b/);
if (mtch) { override = mtch[1]; }
if (mtch && typeof sorttable["sort_"+override] == 'function') {
headrow[i].sorttable_sortfunction = sorttable["sort_"+override];
} else {
headrow[i].sorttable_sortfunction = sorttable.guessType(table,i);
}
// make it clickable to sort
headrow[i].sorttable_columnindex = i;
headrow[i].sorttable_tbody = table.tBodies[0];
dean_addEvent(headrow[i],"click", sorttable.innerSortFunction = function(e) {
if (this.className.search(/\bsorttable_sorted\b/) != -1) {
// if we're already sorted by this column, just
// reverse the table, which is quicker
sorttable.reverse(this.sorttable_tbody);
this.className = this.className.replace('sorttable_sorted',
'sorttable_sorted_reverse');
this.removeChild(document.getElementById('sorttable_sortfwdind'));
sortrevind = document.createElement('span');
sortrevind.id = "sorttable_sortrevind";
sortrevind.innerHTML = stIsIE ? '&nbsp<font face="webdings">5</font>' : ' ▴';
this.appendChild(sortrevind);
return;
}
if (this.className.search(/\bsorttable_sorted_reverse\b/) != -1) {
// if we're already sorted by this column in reverse, just
// re-reverse the table, which is quicker
sorttable.reverse(this.sorttable_tbody);
this.className = this.className.replace('sorttable_sorted_reverse',
'sorttable_sorted');
this.removeChild(document.getElementById('sorttable_sortrevind'));
sortfwdind = document.createElement('span');
sortfwdind.id = "sorttable_sortfwdind";
sortfwdind.innerHTML = stIsIE ? '&nbsp<font face="webdings">6</font>' : ' ▾';
this.appendChild(sortfwdind);
return;
}
// remove sorttable_sorted classes
theadrow = this.parentNode;
forEach(theadrow.childNodes, function(cell) {
if (cell.nodeType == 1) { // an element
cell.className = cell.className.replace('sorttable_sorted_reverse','');
cell.className = cell.className.replace('sorttable_sorted','');
}
});
sortfwdind = document.getElementById('sorttable_sortfwdind');
if (sortfwdind) { sortfwdind.parentNode.removeChild(sortfwdind); }
sortrevind = document.getElementById('sorttable_sortrevind');
if (sortrevind) { sortrevind.parentNode.removeChild(sortrevind); }
this.className += ' sorttable_sorted';
sortfwdind = document.createElement('span');
sortfwdind.id = "sorttable_sortfwdind";
sortfwdind.innerHTML = stIsIE ? '&nbsp<font face="webdings">6</font>' : ' ▾';
this.appendChild(sortfwdind);
// build an array to sort. This is a Schwartzian transform thing,
// i.e., we "decorate" each row with the actual sort key,
// sort based on the sort keys, and then put the rows back in order
// which is a lot faster because you only do getInnerText once per row
row_array = [];
col = this.sorttable_columnindex;
rows = this.sorttable_tbody.rows;
for (var j=0; j<rows.length; j++) {
row_array[row_array.length] = [sorttable.getInnerText(rows[j].cells[col]), rows[j]];
}
/* If you want a stable sort, uncomment the following line */
//sorttable.shaker_sort(row_array, this.sorttable_sortfunction);
/* and comment out this one */
row_array.sort(this.sorttable_sortfunction);
tb = this.sorttable_tbody;
for (var j=0; j<row_array.length; j++) {
tb.appendChild(row_array[j][1]);
}
delete row_array;
});
}
}
},
guessType: function(table, column) {
// guess the type of a column based on its first non-blank row
sortfn = sorttable.sort_alpha;
for (var i=0; i<table.tBodies[0].rows.length; i++) {
text = sorttable.getInnerText(table.tBodies[0].rows[i].cells[column]);
if (text != '') {
if (text.match(/^-?[�$�]?[\d,.]+%?$/)) {
return sorttable.sort_numeric;
}
// check for a date: dd/mm/yyyy or dd/mm/yy
// can have / or . or - as separator
// can be mm/dd as well
possdate = text.match(sorttable.DATE_RE)
if (possdate) {
// looks like a date
first = parseInt(possdate[1]);
second = parseInt(possdate[2]);
if (first > 12) {
// definitely dd/mm
return sorttable.sort_ddmm;
} else if (second > 12) {
return sorttable.sort_mmdd;
} else {
// looks like a date, but we can't tell which, so assume
// that it's dd/mm (English imperialism!) and keep looking
sortfn = sorttable.sort_ddmm;
}
}
}
}
return sortfn;
},
getInnerText: function(node) {
// gets the text we want to use for sorting for a cell.
// strips leading and trailing whitespace.
// this is *not* a generic getInnerText function; it's special to sorttable.
// for example, you can override the cell text with a customkey attribute.
// it also gets .value for <input> fields.
if (!node) return "";
hasInputs = (typeof node.getElementsByTagName == 'function') &&
node.getElementsByTagName('input').length;
if (node.getAttribute("sorttable_customkey") != null) {
return node.getAttribute("sorttable_customkey");
}
else if (typeof node.textContent != 'undefined' && !hasInputs) {
return node.textContent.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
}
else if (typeof node.innerText != 'undefined' && !hasInputs) {
return node.innerText.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
}
else if (typeof node.text != 'undefined' && !hasInputs) {
return node.text.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
}
else {
switch (node.nodeType) {
case 3:
if (node.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'input') {
return node.value.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
}
case 4:
return node.nodeValue.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
break;
case 1:
case 11:
var innerText = '';
for (var i = 0; i < node.childNodes.length; i++) {
innerText += sorttable.getInnerText(node.childNodes[i]);
}
return innerText.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
break;
default:
return '';
}
}
},
reverse: function(tbody) {
// reverse the rows in a tbody
newrows = [];
for (var i=0; i<tbody.rows.length; i++) {
newrows[newrows.length] = tbody.rows[i];
}
for (var i=newrows.length-1; i>=0; i--) {
tbody.appendChild(newrows[i]);
}
delete newrows;
},
/* sort functions
each sort function takes two parameters, a and b
you are comparing a[0] and b[0] */
sort_numeric: function(a,b) {
aa = parseFloat(a[0].replace(/[^0-9.-]/g,''));
if (isNaN(aa)) aa = 0;
bb = parseFloat(b[0].replace(/[^0-9.-]/g,''));
if (isNaN(bb)) bb = 0;
return aa-bb;
},
sort_alpha: function(a,b) {
if (a[0]==b[0]) return 0;
if (a[0]<b[0]) return -1;
return 1;
},
sort_ddmm: function(a,b) {
mtch = a[0].match(sorttable.DATE_RE);
y = mtch[3]; m = mtch[2]; d = mtch[1];
if (m.length == 1) m = '0'+m;
if (d.length == 1) d = '0'+d;
dt1 = y+m+d;
mtch = b[0].match(sorttable.DATE_RE);
y = mtch[3]; m = mtch[2]; d = mtch[1];
if (m.length == 1) m = '0'+m;
if (d.length == 1) d = '0'+d;
dt2 = y+m+d;
if (dt1==dt2) return 0;
if (dt1<dt2) return -1;
return 1;
},
sort_mmdd: function(a,b) {
mtch = a[0].match(sorttable.DATE_RE);
y = mtch[3]; d = mtch[2]; m = mtch[1];
if (m.length == 1) m = '0'+m;
if (d.length == 1) d = '0'+d;
dt1 = y+m+d;
mtch = b[0].match(sorttable.DATE_RE);
y = mtch[3]; d = mtch[2]; m = mtch[1];
if (m.length == 1) m = '0'+m;
if (d.length == 1) d = '0'+d;
dt2 = y+m+d;
if (dt1==dt2) return 0;
if (dt1<dt2) return -1;
return 1;
},
shaker_sort: function(list, comp_func) {
// A stable sort function to allow multi-level sorting of data
// see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_sort
// thanks to Joseph Nahmias
var b = 0;
var t = list.length - 1;
var swap = true;
while(swap) {
swap = false;
for(var i = b; i < t; ++i) {
if ( comp_func(list[i], list[i+1]) > 0 ) {
var q = list[i]; list[i] = list[i+1]; list[i+1] = q;
swap = true;
}
} // for
t--;
if (!swap) break;
for(var i = t; i > b; --i) {
if ( comp_func(list[i], list[i-1]) < 0 ) {
var q = list[i]; list[i] = list[i-1]; list[i-1] = q;
swap = true;
}
} // for
b++;
} // while(swap)
}
}
/* ******************************************************************
Supporting functions: bundled here to avoid depending on a library
****************************************************************** */
// Dean Edwards/Matthias Miller/John Resig
/* for Mozilla/Opera9 */
if (document.addEventListener) {
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", sorttable.init, false);
}
/* for Internet Explorer */
/*#cc_on #*/
/*#if (#_win32)
document.write("<script id=__ie_onload defer src=javascript:void(0)><\/script>");
var script = document.getElementById("__ie_onload");
script.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (this.readyState == "complete") {
sorttable.init(); // call the onload handler
}
};
/*#end #*/
/* for Safari */
if (/WebKit/i.test(navigator.userAgent)) { // sniff
var _timer = setInterval(function() {
if (/loaded|complete/.test(document.readyState)) {
sorttable.init(); // call the onload handler
}
}, 10);
}
/* for other browsers */
window.onload = sorttable.init;
// written by Dean Edwards, 2005
// with input from Tino Zijdel, Matthias Miller, Diego Perini
// http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/10/add-event/
function dean_addEvent(element, type, handler) {
if (element.addEventListener) {
element.addEventListener(type, handler, false);
} else {
// assign each event handler a unique ID
if (!handler.$$guid) handler.$$guid = dean_addEvent.guid++;
// create a hash table of event types for the element
if (!element.events) element.events = {};
// create a hash table of event handlers for each element/event pair
var handlers = element.events[type];
if (!handlers) {
handlers = element.events[type] = {};
// store the existing event handler (if there is one)
if (element["on" + type]) {
handlers[0] = element["on" + type];
}
}
// store the event handler in the hash table
handlers[handler.$$guid] = handler;
// assign a global event handler to do all the work
element["on" + type] = handleEvent;
}
};
// a counter used to create unique IDs
dean_addEvent.guid = 1;
function removeEvent(element, type, handler) {
if (element.removeEventListener) {
element.removeEventListener(type, handler, false);
} else {
// delete the event handler from the hash table
if (element.events && element.events[type]) {
delete element.events[type][handler.$$guid];
}
}
};
function handleEvent(event) {
var returnValue = true;
// grab the event object (IE uses a global event object)
event = event || fixEvent(((this.ownerDocument || this.document || this).parentWindow || window).event);
// get a reference to the hash table of event handlers
var handlers = this.events[event.type];
// execute each event handler
for (var i in handlers) {
this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i];
if (this.$$handleEvent(event) === false) {
returnValue = false;
}
}
return returnValue;
};
function fixEvent(event) {
// add W3C standard event methods
event.preventDefault = fixEvent.preventDefault;
event.stopPropagation = fixEvent.stopPropagation;
return event;
};
fixEvent.preventDefault = function() {
this.returnValue = false;
};
fixEvent.stopPropagation = function() {
this.cancelBubble = true;
}
// Dean's forEach: http://dean.edwards.name/base/forEach.js
/*
forEach, version 1.0
Copyright 2006, Dean Edwards
License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
*/
// array-like enumeration
if (!Array.forEach) { // mozilla already supports this
Array.forEach = function(array, block, context) {
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
block.call(context, array[i], i, array);
}
};
}
// generic enumeration
Function.prototype.forEach = function(object, block, context) {
for (var key in object) {
if (typeof this.prototype[key] == "undefined") {
block.call(context, object[key], key, object);
}
}
};
// character enumeration
String.forEach = function(string, block, context) {
Array.forEach(string.split(""), function(chr, index) {
block.call(context, chr, index, string);
});
};
// globally resolve forEach enumeration
var forEach = function(object, block, context) {
if (object) {
var resolve = Object; // default
if (object instanceof Function) {
// functions have a "length" property
resolve = Function;
} else if (object.forEach instanceof Function) {
// the object implements a custom forEach method so use that
object.forEach(block, context);
return;
} else if (typeof object == "string") {
// the object is a string
resolve = String;
} else if (typeof object.length == "number") {
// the object is array-like
resolve = Array;
}
resolve.forEach(object, block, context);
}
};

Something like this would do the job (without using any libraries):
const tb=document.getElementById("homes"),
trs=[...tb.children];
document.body.onclick=ev=>{
let col= ev.target.dataset?.col;
if(col){
trs.sort((a,b)=>a.children[col].textContent-b.children[col].textContent);
trs.forEach(tr=>tb.append(tr));
}
}
<button data-col="1">sort by number</button>
<button data-col="2">sort by batting order</button>
<table class='table table-hover table-dark table-bordered sortable'>
<thead>
<tr>
<!-- <th>Picture</th> -->
<th>Name</th>
<th>Number</th>
<th>Batting Order</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="homes">
<tr>
<td>Harry</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>go</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sally</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>stop</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tony</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>wait</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

According to the documentation you simply need to add the "sortable" class to the table and add some css for their default style scheme like below. One step in troubleshooting is to remove all of the "fluff" and strip down your solution to the bare minimum. Below, for example, I've removed all of the other classes from the table as a test... it seems to be working fine and sorting appears to be giving the expected result.
To further debug your solution, add back those classes one at a time and see if/when the table stops working.
/* Sortable tables */
table.sortable thead {
background-color: #eee;
color: #666666;
font-weight: bold;
cursor: default;
}
<table class='sortable'>
<thead>
<tr>
<!-- <th>Picture</th> -->
<th>Name</th>
<th>Number</th>
<th>Batting Order</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="homes">
<tr>
<td>Player 1</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Player 2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Player 3</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Player 4</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>7</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/sorttable.js"></script>
According to the documentation again, if your table is created dynamically at some point after page load you can use the .makeSortable(); function to make it sortable like this.
// populate the table with data before unitializing it.
let playerstable = document.getElementById("playerstable");
sorttable.makeSortable(playerstable);
/* Sortable tables */
/* removed ".sortable" */
table thead {
background-color: #eee;
color: #666666;
font-weight: bold;
cursor: default;
}
<!-- Note: Table does not have the sortable class -->
<table id="playerstable">
<thead>
<tr>
<!-- <th>Picture</th> -->
<th>Name</th>
<th>Number</th>
<th>Batting Order</th>
<th>Action</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="homes">
<tr>
<td>Player 1</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Player 2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Player 3</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Player 4</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>7</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/sorttable.js"></script>

How to sort by rows containing words and numbers in javascript

Newbie here how can I sort all of the following table row attach an onclick listener on the header after it is displayed.
ID
Name
Inventory Volume
1
Rachel
Data is not enough
2
Ross
100
3
Monica
1
4
Connor
Data is not enough
5
Dustin
-5
into this sorting example is in descending, the words should be the last.
ID
Name
Inventory Volume
2
Ross
100
3
Monica
10
5
Dustin
-5
1
Rachel
Data is not enough
4
Connor
Data is not enough
But I also want the other columns to be sorted as well and the other columns to have the function to sort as well.
Tried this solution but only works for the column.
https://jsfiddle.net/7wnke5q2/
function sortData(data, method) {
let lessData = 'Data Not Enough'
let lastItems = []
let sortedList;
if (method == 'descending') {
sortedList = data.sort((a, b) => {
return a - b
})
} else if (method == 'ascending') {
sortedList = data.sort((a, b) => {
return b - a
})
}
for (let i = 0; i < sortedList.length; i++) {
if (sortedList[i] == lessData) {
let item = sortedList[i]
sortedList.splice(i, 1)
sortedList.push(item)
}
}
sortedList = sortedList.concat(lastItems)
return sortedList
}
Could you please help me out. Thanks in advance!

If i understand, you need all "Data Not Enough" at the end. So, it can works:
function sortData(data, method) {
let lessData = 'Data Not Enough'
let sortedList;
sortedList = data.sort((a, b) => {
if(a=='Data Not Enough')
return 1
if(b=='Data Not Enough')
return -1
return method=='ascending'?a-b:b-a
})
return sortedList
}

something like that ?
just click on header columns to sort the table
const
myTableHead = document.querySelector('#my-table thead')
, myTableHead_TH = document.querySelectorAll('#my-table thead th')
, myTableBody = document.querySelector('#my-table tbody')
, myTableBody_TR = [...document.querySelectorAll('#my-table tbody tr')]
, sortOrder = ['','asc','desc']
, isDNE = str => str.trim() === 'Data is not enough'
;
myTableHead.onclick = ({target}) =>
{
if (!target.matches('th')) return
let idx = (sortOrder.findIndex(x=>x===target.className) +1) %3
myTableHead_TH.forEach(th=>th.className='')
target.className = sortOrder[idx]
if ( sortOrder[idx] )
{
myTableBody_TR
.sort(dynaSort(target.cellIndex, target.dataset.type, sortOrder[idx] ))
.forEach(tr=>myTableBody.appendChild(tr) )
}
}
function dynaSort( colIndex, colType, order='asc' )
{
let sortOrder = (order === 'desc') ? -1 : 1
return function(row_a,row_b)
{
let a = row_a.cells[colIndex].textContent
, b = row_b.cells[colIndex].textContent
;
if (isDNE(a) && isDNE(b)) return 0
if (isDNE(a)) return +1
if (isDNE(b)) return -1
if (colType==='str') return (a.trim().localeCompare(b.trim())) *sortOrder
return (Number(a) - Number(b)) *sortOrder
}
}
table {
border-collapse : collapse;
margin : 2em 1em;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
td,th {
padding : .2em .8em;
border : 1px solid darkblue;
}
th::after {
display : block;
float : inline-end;
content : '\25B7';
margin : 0 0 0 1em;
transition : 180ms;
color : transparent;
}
th.asc::after {
transform : rotate(-90deg);
color : whitesmoke;
}
th.desc::after {
transform : rotate(+90deg);
color : whitesmoke;
}
thead {
background : #437c97;
color : whitesmoke;
cursor : pointer;
}
<table id="my-table" >
<thead>
<tr>
<th data-type="num">ID</th>
<th data-type="str">Name</th>
<th data-type="num">Inventory Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr> <td>1</td> <td>Rachel</td> <td>Data is not enough</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>2</td> <td>Ross</td> <td> 100 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td>3</td> <td>Monica</td> <td> 1 </td> </tr>
<tr> <td>4</td> <td>Connor</td> <td>Data is not enough</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>5</td> <td>Dustin</td> <td> -5 </td> </tr>
</tbody>
</table>

This should work! Using #YamirL sort alghoritm.
function sort(e, method) {
//Get table
while ((e = e.parentElement) && !e.classList.contains("table"));
//Get rows
let rows = Array.from(e.getElementsByTagName("tr"));
//Get each value for each row
let values = rows.map(row => {
let tds = Array.from(row.getElementsByTagName("td"));
return tds.map(td => td.innerHTML);
});
/*
values is a 2D array which contains each row and column
values = [
[Name, Volume], --> The headers need to be removed
[Joey, Data Not Enough],
[Ross, -5],
[Monica, 1],
[Ben, 100],
[Chandler, Data Not Enough]
];
*/
values.shift(); //remove headers
// Now we need to sort the array by volume
values.sort((a, b) => {
var exception = "Data Not Enough";
if(a[1] == exception)
return 1;
if(b[1] == exception)
return -1;
return method == 'ascending' ? a[1] - b[1] : b[1] - a[1];
});
/******* Put sort values on table *************/
// Get body
let body = e.getElementsByTagName("tbody")[0];
// Erase Body
body.innerHTML = "";
// Iterate each row
values.forEach(row => {
// Create new row element
let tr = document.createElement("tr");
// Iterate each column
row.forEach(val => {
// Create new value
let td = document.createElement("td");
// Append values
td.append(val);
tr.append(td);
});
// Append row to body
body.append(tr);
});
}
Here it is a snippet to try the complete code, I added a <tbody> to the table.
function sort(e, method) {
while ((e = e.parentElement) && !e.classList.contains("table"));
let rows = Array.from(e.getElementsByTagName("tr"));
let values = rows.map(row => {
let tds = Array.from(row.getElementsByTagName("td"));
return tds.map(td => td.innerHTML);
});
values.shift();
values.sort((a, b) => {
var exception = "Data Not Enough";
if(a[1] == exception)
return 1;
if(b[1] == exception)
return -1;
return method == 'ascending' ? a[1] - b[1] : b[1] - a[1];
});
let body = e.getElementsByTagName("tbody")[0];
body.innerHTML = "";
values.forEach(row => {
let tr = document.createElement("tr");
row.forEach(val => {
let td = document.createElement("td");
td.append(val);
tr.append(td);
});
body.append(tr);
});
}
.clickable {
cursor: pointer;
}
.clickable:hover {
opacity: 0.7;
}
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table class="table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Name</th>
<th scope="col" class="clickable" onclick='sort(this, "descending")'>Volume</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Joey</td>
<td>Data Not Enough</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ross</td>
<td>-5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Monica</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ben</td>
<td>100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chandler</td>
<td>Data Not Enough</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

sorting html table with jquery

I have a table in html, I have set for each td an id that I will need to sort the table with a Jquery code.
Sorting works with the FireFox browser, but with Chrome it does not work ... do you know how to help me?
$(function() {
$(".table-user-th").click(function() {
var o = $(this).hasClass('asc') ? 'desc' : 'asc';
$('.table-user-th').removeClass('asc').removeClass('desc');
$(this).addClass(o);
var colIndex = $(this).prevAll().length;
var tbod = $(this).closest("table").find("tbody");
var rows = tbod.find("tr");
rows.sort(function(a, b) {
var A = $(a).find("td").eq(colIndex).attr('id');;
var B = $(b).find("td").eq(colIndex).attr('id');;
if (!isNaN(A)) A = Number(A);
if (!isNaN(B)) B = Number(B);
return o == 'asc' ? A > B : B > A;
});
$.each(rows, function(index, ele) {
tbod.append(ele);
});
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table border="1">
<thead>
<tr>
<th class="table-user-th">Firstname</th>
<th class="table-user-th">Lastname</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td id="Mark">Mark</td>
<td id="Red">Red</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td id="Nick">Nick</td>
<td id="Sid">Sid</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td id="Alex">Alex</td>
<td id="Nirv">Nirv</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

It seems like there is no purpose of using ids here.
Actually the problem was in you sort function. It should return not just true/false but the numeric difference between two values. As usual it is return -1/0/1
So here I wrote comparator func that does just that. And depending on sort type I just multiply it on -1 or 1.
I've also refactored a little bit your code not to use classes or ids. Using jquery you can use data method that stores data on element by key/value.
$(function() {
function cmp(a,b) {return a < b ? 1 : a > b ? -1 : 0}
$(".sortable-table").on('click', 'th', function() {
var th = $(this);
var colIndex = th.data('column');
if(typeof colIndex === 'undefined') {
return;
}
var sortType = th.data('sort') === 'asc' ? 'desc' : 'asc';
th.data('sort', sortType);
var table = $(this).closest("table");
table.find('thead th').removeClass('asc desc');
th.addClass(sortType);
var tbody = table.find("tbody");
var rows = tbody.find("tr");
rows.sort(function(a, b) {
var A = $(a).find("td").eq(colIndex).text();
var B = $(b).find("td").eq(colIndex).text();
return cmp(A,B) * (sortType === 'asc' ? -1 : 1);
});
$.each(rows, function(index, ele) {
tbody.append(ele);
});
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table border="1" class="sortable-table">
<thead>
<tr>
<th data-column="0">Firstname</th>
<th data-column="1">Lastname</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Mark</td>
<td>Red</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nick</td>
<td>Sid</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alex</td>
<td>Nirv</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
Update
Added
var table = $(this).closest("table");
table.find('thead th').removeClass('asc desc');
th.addClass(sortType);

Javascript sort numerically instead of alphabetically

I have a function to sort rows alphabetically and it works pretty good, but if it contains numbers it will sort it a1, a10, a11, ..., a2, a20, ..., a3 instead of a1, a2, a3 etc.
function sort(element) {
var sortableList = element;
var listitems = $('tr', sortableList);
listitems.sort(function (a, b) {
return ($(a).find('td.myclass').text().toUpperCase() > $(b).find('td.myclass').text().toUpperCase()) ? 1 : -1;
});
sortableList.append(listitems);
}
Trying with this code form the example below. Not working yet:
function sort(element) {
var sortableList = element;
var listitems = $('tr', sortableList);
var word = /[a-z]/i,
digit = /\d+/;
listitems.sort(function (a, b) {
return +$(a).find('td.myclass').text().match(digit)[0] > +$(b).find('td.myclass').text().match(digit)[0] ? 1 : -1;
}).sort(function (a, b) {
return $(a).find('td.myclass').text().match(word)[0] > $(b).find('td.myclass').text().match(word)[0] ? 1 : -1;
});
sortableList.append(listitems);
}
Error: null is not an object (evaluating '$(b).find('td.myclass').text().match(digit)[0]')

I think this should work as expected, regardless of complexity of text ...
function sort(sortableList) {
$(sortableList).append([].slice.call($('tr', sortableList)).map(function (e) {
return { element: e, values: ($(e).find('td').text().toUpperCase() || '').match(/([A-Z]+|\d+)/g) };
}).sort(function (aa, bb) {
var valuesA = aa.values ||[];
var valuesB = bb.values ||[];
var len = Math.min(valuesA.length, valuesB.length);
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
var a = valuesA[i];
var b = valuesB[i];
if (a === b) {
continue;
}
var aIsNum = !isNaN(parseInt(a));
var bIsNum = !isNaN(parseInt(b));
if (aIsNum && bIsNum) {
return parseInt(a) - parseInt(b);
}
if (!(aIsNum && bIsNum)) {
return a > b ? 1 : -1;
}
if (aIsNum) {
return -1;
}
return 1;
}
return valuesA.length - valuesB.length;
}).map(function (e) {
return e.element;
}));
document.getElementById('msg').textContent = 'Sorted';
}
setTimeout(function () {
return sort(document.querySelector('table'));
}, 2000);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<span id="msg">Wait for it ....</span>
<table>
<tr>
<td>a100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>b100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="background:red"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>a</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>b1</td>
</tr>
</table>

Try this
"use strict";
let myArr = ['a1', 'c', 'c56','a', 'ac2', 'ab21', 1, '5a', 6, 'A16', 'b', 3, 'a3', 'abc'];
let result = [];
function compareNumeric(a, b) {
return parseInt(a) - parseInt(b);
}
function compareStr(a, b) {
return a.toUpperCase() > b.toUpperCase();
}
function compareStrNum(a, b) {
if (a.match(/[a-z]+/i)[0].toUpperCase() === b.match(/[a-z]+/i)[0].toUpperCase()) {
if (a.match(/\d+/) === null) {
return 0;
}
return +a.match(/\d+/)[0] - +b.match(/\d+/)[0];
}
}
function compare(arr) {
let numeric = [];
let str = [];
for (let i = 0, max = arr.length; i < max; i++) {
if (parseInt(arr[i])) {
numeric.push(arr[i]);
} else {
str.push(arr[i]);
}
}
numeric = numeric.sort(compareNumeric);
str.sort(compareStr)
.sort(compareStrNum);
result = result.concat(numeric);
result = result.concat(str);
}
compare(myArr);
console.log(result);

sorting table using template

I have knockout binding on table with columns. I was trying to achieve table sorting for each column.
The view looks like:
<table id="notes" class="notes_table">
<tr class="head">
<th data-bind='click: function() { SortItems("CreatedDate")}'>
<span>Date</span>
</th>
<th data-bind='click: function() { SortItems("Type")}'>
<span>Type</span>
</th>
<th data-bind='click: function() { SortItems("Category")}'>
<span>Category</span>
</th>
<th data-bind='click: function() {SortItems("AddedBy")}'>
<span>Added by</span>
</th>
</tr>
<tbody data-bind="template: { name: 'StudentNote', foreach: notes }"></tbody>
</table>
<script type="text/html" id="StudentNote">
<tr class="even">
<td><span data-bind="text: CreatedDate"></span></td>
<td><span data-bind="text: Type"></span></td>
<td><span data-bind="text: Category"></span></td>
<td><span data-bind="text: AddedBy"></span></td>
</tr>
</script>
and the javascript is like:
function notesViewModel() {
var _this = {};
_this.colName = "CreatedDate";
_this.sortOrder = "desc";
_this.notes = ko.observableArray();
_this.SortItems = function (ColumnName) {
var newNotes = _this.notes();
if (_this.sortOrder === "desc") {
this.notes(newNotes.sort(notesViewModel._getSortFunction = function (a, b) {
_this.sortOrder = "asc";
return a[ColumnName] < b[ColumnName] ? -1 : 1;
}));
} else {
this.notes(newNotes.sort(notesViewModel._getSortFunction = function (a, b) {
_this.sortOrder = "desc";
return a[ColumnName] > b[ColumnName] ? -1 : 1;
}));
}
};
ko.applyBindings(_this, $("body").get(0));
return _this;
Even though it does sorting, it just switches between ascending and descending sort on each of the column, but not recognises which column it is sorting.. How to do sorting by each column..

Try this:
function notesViewModel() {
var _this = {};
_this.colName = "CreatedDate";
_this.sortOrder = 1;
_this.notes = ko.observableArray();
_this.SortItems = function (ColumnName) {
if(ColumnName == _this.colName)
_this.sortOrder = _this.sortOrder * -1;
else
_this.colName = ColumnName;
_this.notes.sort(function (a, b) {
return (a[ColumnName] < b[ColumnName] ? -1 : 1) * _this.sortOrder;
});
};
ko.applyBindings(_this, $("body").get(0));
return _this;
}