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HTML

<table id='table'>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th class='sorter-inputs'>Col 1</th>
      <th class='sorter-inputs'>Col 2</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <div class="control"><input type="text" class='money' value='25' form='f-1'></div>
      </td>
      <td>
        <div class="control"><input type="text" value='test2' form='f-1'></div>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <div class="control"><input type="text" class='money' value='12' form='f-2'></div>
      </td>
      <td>
        <div class="control"><input type="text" value='another 2' form='f-2'></div>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>
        <div class="control"><input type="text" class='money' value='89' form='f-3'></div>
      </td>
      <td>
        <div class="control"><input type="text" value='val-2' form='f-3'></div>
      </td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
  <!-- These are part of the ajax functionality -->
  <form action="" id="f-1"></form>
  <form action="" id="f-2"></form>
  <form action="" id="f-3"></form>
</table>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js" integrity="sha256-/xUj+3OJU5yExlq6GSYGSHk7tPXikynS7ogEvDej/m4=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tablesorter@2.31.3/dist/js/jquery.tablesorter.min.js" integrity="sha256-dtGH1XcAyKopMui5x20KnPxuGuSx9Rs6piJB/4Oqu6I=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/tablesorter@2.31.3/dist/js/parsers/parser-input-select.min.js" integrity="sha256-ugEATjydQqCNpuca1CGyiLVdN9N6uuouP2CkIL7Dr1k=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/RobinHerbots/jquery.inputmask@5.0.6/dist/jquery.inputmask.js" integrity="sha256-E9pFDiHlfB3afd46AyTqvmjcSv7VREgs5Y5e8TBECU0=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

JavaScript

$('#table').tablesorter()
$('.money').inputmask('currency', {
  autoUnmask: true,
  groupSeparator: ',',
  allowMinus: true,
  digits: 2,
  placeholder: '_',
  inputMode: 'decimal'
})
$('input[type=text]').on('change', function() {
  $('#table').trigger('updateRows')
})