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/**
* The following plug-in uses a modified version of the [naturalSort() function by Jim
*
* @name portsort.js
* @summary Sort network device port names with a mix of numbers and letters with modified natural sort.
*
* @example
* $('#example').dataTable( {
* columnDefs: [
* { type: 'portsort', targets: 0 }
* ]
* } );
*/
(function() {
/*
* Based upon the Natural Sort algorithm for Javascript
* Version 0.7 - Released under MIT license
* Author: Jim Palmer (based on chunking idea from Dave Koelle)
* Contributors: Mike Grier (mgrier.com), Clint Priest, Kyle Adams, guillermo
*/
function portSort (a, b) {
var re = /(^0x[0-9a-f]+$|[0-9]+)/gi,
// string regex
sre = /(^[ ]*|[ ]*$)/g,
// octal regex
ore = /^0/,
// convert all to strings and trim()
x = a.toString().replace(sre, '') || '',
y = b.toString().replace(sre, '') || '';
// hack for foundry "10GigabitEthernet" -> cisco-like "TenGigabitEthernet"
x = x.replace(/^10GigabitEthernet/, 'GigabitEthernet');
y = y.replace(/^10GigabitEthernet/, 'GigabitEthernet');
// chunk/tokenize
var xN = x.replace(re, '\0$1\0').replace(/\0$/,'').replace(/^\0/,'').split('\0'),
yN = y.replace(re, '\0$1\0').replace(/\0$/,'').replace(/^\0/,'').split('\0');
for (var cLoc=0, numS=Math.max(xN.length, yN.length); cLoc < numS; cLoc++) {
// find floats not starting with '0', string or 0 if not defined (Clint Priest)
var oFxNcL = !(xN[cLoc] || '').match(ore) && parseFloat(xN[cLoc]) || xN[cLoc] || 0;
var oFyNcL = !(yN[cLoc] || '').match(ore) && parseFloat(yN[cLoc]) || yN[cLoc] || 0;
// handle numeric vs string comparison - number < string - (Kyle Adams)
if (isNaN(oFxNcL) !== isNaN(oFyNcL)) {
return (isNaN(oFxNcL)) ? 1 : -1;
}
// rely on string comparison if different types - i.e. '02' < 2 != '02' < '2'
else if (typeof oFxNcL !== typeof oFyNcL) {
oFxNcL += '';
oFyNcL += '';
}
if (oFxNcL < oFyNcL) { return -1; }
if (oFxNcL > oFyNcL) { return 1; }
}
return 0;
}
jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
"portsort-asc": function ( a, b ) {
return portSort(a,b);
},
"portsort-desc": function ( a, b ) {
return portSort(a,b) * -1;
}
} );
}());