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layout: docs
title: Table Natural Sorting
description: Table Natural Sorting extension of Bootstrap Table.
group: extensions
toc: true
---

Use Plugin: [bootstrap-table-natural-sorting](https://github.com/wenzhixin/bootstrap-table/tree/master/src/extensions/natural-sorting)

## Usage

{% highlight html %}
<script src="extensions/natural-sorting/bootstrap-table-natural-sorting.js"></script>
{% endhighlight %}

add a data-sorter atribute to any th.
*e.g.*

{% highlight html %}
<th data-sortable="true" data-sorter="alphanum">Price</th>
{% endhighlight %}

## Options

### alphanum
* sort alpha or numeric content naturally.
* This can be used in columns that contain text or numeric content.
* Numbers will be sorted as expected and not in ASCII order

### numericOnly
* extract numeric content and sort numerically.
* This can be used in columns that contain formated numeric content.
*  *e.g.* $ and , will be removed, then Numbers will be sorted as expected
* an alpha sort crrently sorts these as ASCII so you get $1, $100, $2, $20
  instead of $1, $2, $20, $100.