Jquery sort table data

Question

I got struck in sorting tds in table using jquery.

My Demo fiddle

How can I call it for any table with id in my project?

var $sort = this;
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Answer 1

Here is a modified version of the answer from Adeneo. This will sort the table based on the text in the specified column instead of only the first column. This will also look for the word "Name" in the second column and make sure that row stays on top (header row).

function SortTable(table, order, nr) {
var asc = order === 'asc',
    tbody = table.find('tbody');

tbody.find('tr').sort(function (a, b) {
    if ($('td:nth-child('+ nr +')', a).text() == "Name") return $('td:nth-child('+ nr +')', a).text();
    else if (asc) {
        return $('td:nth-child('+ nr +')', a).text().localeCompare($('td:nth-child('+ nr +')', b).text());
    } else {
        return $('td:nth-child('+ nr +')', b).text().localeCompare($('td:nth-child('+ nr +')', a).text());
    }
}).appendTo(tbody);}