Comma seperated numbers

[shanejones]

I have an issue where comma separated numbers aren't sorting the same as non comma separated numbers.

Doing a Low to High sort results in the following

• 0
• 1,223
• 10,000
• 12
• 123

[juanalvarezg]

There is a workaround for this

    $(function () {
        $.tablesorter.defaults.groupSeparator = ",";
        $.tablesorter.formatFloat = function (s) {
            var regexp = new RegExp("[" + this.defaults.groupSeparator + "]","g")
            var i = parseFloat(s.replace(regexp, ''));
            return (isNaN(i)) ? 0 : i;
        };
        $("#myTable").tablesorter();
    });

[nekromoff]

does not work for me

[Mottie]

You'd need to add a custom parser (demo):

var unitSeparator = ',';

var regex = new RegExp('[\s' + unitSeparator + ']', 'g');

$.tablesorter.addParser({
  id: 'removeDigitSep',
  is: function() {
    // don't autodetect
    return false;
  },
  format: function(s) {
    var num = $.tablesorter.formatFloat(s.replace(regex, ''));
    // return numeric value or original string
    return $.isNumeric(num) ? num : s;
  }
});

$('table').tablesorter({
  headers: {
    0: {
      sorter: 'removeDigitSep'
    }
  }
});

[rafic20]

Replying to @juanalvarezg
This worked in terms of sorting correctly, but now I can only sort once. On my first click, it sorts in descending order. On my second click, the table "flashes" very briefly but the display not change.

There is a workaround for this

$(function () {
        $.tablesorter.defaults.groupSeparator = ",";
        $.tablesorter.formatFloat = function (s) {
            var regexp = new RegExp("[" + this.defaults.groupSeparator + "]","g")
            var i = parseFloat(s.replace(regexp, ''));
            return (isNaN(i)) ? 0 : i;
        };
        $("#myTable").tablesorter();
    });

[juanalvarezg]

I dont know why :( this workaround just makes sure that we parse a float number. the sorting happens outside this logic. I did that on january 2017. Are you using the latest component? if so, maybe try with the version that was released around january 2017.
good luck!