/*! Distance parser * This parser will parser numbers like 5'10" (5 foot 10 inches) * and 31½ into sortable values. * Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Mottie/abkNM/154/ */ /*global jQuery: false */ ;(function($){ "use strict"; var ts = $.tablesorter; ts.symbolRegex = /[\u215b\u215c\u215d\u215e\u00bc\u00bd\u00be]/g; ts.processFractions = function(n, table) { if (n) { var t, p = 0; n = $.trim(n.replace(/\"/,'')); // look for a space in the first part of the number: "10 3/4" and save the "10" if (/\s/.test(n)) { p = ts.formatFloat(n.split(' ')[0], table); // remove stuff to the left of the space n = $.trim(n.substring(n.indexOf(' '), n.length)); } // look for a "/" to calculate fractions if (/\//g.test(n)) { t = n.split('/'); // turn 3/4 into .75; make sure we don't divide by zero n = p + parseInt(t[0], 10) / parseInt(t[1] || 1, 10); // look for fraction symbols } else if (ts.symbolRegex.test(n)) { n = p + n.replace(ts.symbolRegex, function(m){ return { '\u215b' : '.125', // 1/8 '\u215c' : '.375', // 3/8 '\u215d' : '.625', // 5/8 '\u215e' : '.875', // 7/8 '\u00bc' : '.25', // 1/4 '\u00bd' : '.5', // 1/2 '\u00be' : '.75' // 3/4 }[m]; }); } } return n || 0; }; $.tablesorter.addParser({ id: 'distance', is: function() { // return false so this parser is not auto detected return false; }, format: function(s, table) { if (s === '') { return ''; } // look for feet symbol = ' // very generic test to catch 1.1', 1 1/2' and 1½' var d = (/^\s*\S*(\s+\S+)?\s*\'/.test(s)) ? s.split("'") : [0,s], f = ts.processFractions(d[0], table), // feet i = ts.processFractions(d[1], table); // inches return (/[\'\"]/).test(s) ? parseFloat(f) + (parseFloat(i)/12 || 0) : parseFloat(f) + parseFloat(i); }, type: 'numeric' }); })(jQuery);