/** * Sorting in Javascript for Turkish Characters. This plug-in will replace the special * turkish letters (non english characters) and replace in English. * * * @name Turkish * @summary Sort Turkish characters * @author [Yuksel Beyti](http://yukselbeyti.com) * * @example * $('#example').dataTable({ * 'aoColumns' : [ * {'sType' : 'turkish'} * ] * }); */ jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, { "turkish-pre": function ( a ) { var special_letters = { "İ": "ib", "I": "ia", "Ş": "sa", "Ğ": "ga", "Ü": "ua", "Ö": "oa", "Ç": "ca", "i": "ia", "ı": "ia", "ş": "sa", "ğ": "ga", "ü": "ua", "ö": "oa", "ç": "ca" }; for (var val in special_letters) a = a.split(val).join(special_letters[val]).toLowerCase(); return a; }, "turkish-asc": function ( a, b ) { return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0)); }, "turkish-desc": function ( a, b ) { return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0)); } } );