From 960b4237249f6b7b914404dc312d77ed37049fe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zsloan
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 17:10:47 +0000
Subject: Improved sorting for columns with N/A or missing values

---
 wqflask/wqflask/templates/search_result_page.html | 47 +++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

(limited to 'wqflask')

diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/templates/search_result_page.html b/wqflask/wqflask/templates/search_result_page.html
index c7c2a62f..ebae41af 100755
--- a/wqflask/wqflask/templates/search_result_page.html
+++ b/wqflask/wqflask/templates/search_result_page.html
@@ -119,22 +119,37 @@
     <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="/static/packages/DT_bootstrap/DT_bootstrap.js"></script>
     <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="/static/packages/TableTools/media/js/TableTools.min.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
+
+        console.log("TESTING:", parseFloat("TESTING"))
+
         function getValue(x) {
             if (x.indexOf('input') >= 0) {
                 if ($(x).val() == 'x') {
-                    return 0
+                    return 0;
                 }
                 else {
                    return parseFloat($(x).val());
                 }
             }
+            else if (isNaN(x)) {
+                return x;
+            }
             return parseFloat(x);
         }
             
         jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort['cust-txt-asc'] = function (a, b) {
             var x = getValue(a);
-            var y = getValue(b);
-            return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+            var y = getValue(b); 
+            
+            if (x == 'N/A' || x == '') {
+                return 1;
+            }
+            else if (y == 'N/A' || y == '') {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            else {
+                return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
+            }
         };
             
         jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort['cust-txt-desc'] = function (a, b) {
@@ -164,21 +179,12 @@
                       "sWidth": "35%"  },
                     { "sType": "natural",
                       "sWidth": "15%"  },
-                    { "sType": "cust-txt" },
+                    { "sType": "natural" },
                     { "sType": "natural",
                       "sWidth": "12%"  },
                     { "sType": "natural",
                       "sWidth": "15%"  },
-                    { "sType": "cust-txt" }
-                ],
-                "columns": [
-                    { "width": "50%" },
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null
+                    { "sType": "natural" }
                 ],
                 "sDom": "tir",
                 "iDisplayLength": -1,
@@ -187,7 +193,6 @@
                 "bDeferRender": true,
                 "bSortClasses": false
             } );
-
             {% elif dataset.type == 'Publish' %}
             $('#trait_table').dataTable( {
                 //"sDom": "<<'span3'l><'span3'T><'span4'f>'row-fluid'r>t<'row-fluid'<'span6'i><'span6'p>>",
@@ -200,16 +205,8 @@
                       "sWidth": "20%"  },
                     { "sType": "natural" },
                     { "sType": "cust-txt" },
-                    { "sType": "natural" }
-                ],
-                "columns": [
-                    { "width": "50%" },
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null,
-                    null
+                    { "sType": "natural" },
+                    { "sType": "cust-txt" }
                 ],
                 "sDom": "tir",
                 "iDisplayLength": -1,
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