DataTable Custom Sorting
HTML
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.16/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.16/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<table id="myTable" class="table table-bordered">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>ID</th>
<th>Firstname</th>
<th>Lastname</th>
<th>Email</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1.1</td>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.2</td>
<td>Mary</td>
<td>Moe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.3</td>
<td>July</td>
<td>Dooley</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.10</td>
<td>John</td>
<td>Doe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.11</td>
<td>Mary</td>
<td>Moe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.12</td>
<td>July</td>
<td>Dooley</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.17</td>
<td>July</td>
<td>Dooley</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2.2</td>
<td>Mary</td>
<td>Moe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.21</td>
<td>Mary</td>
<td>Moe</td>
<td>[email protected]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1.20</td>
<td>Mary</td>
<td>Moe</td>
...
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#myTable').DataTable({
"columnDefs": [{
"type": "string",
"targets": 0
}]
});
});