The formatting function can be used separately from the math widget:

// $.tablesorter.formatMask(mask, value, prefix, suffix);
$.tablesorter.formatMask('$#,##0.00 USD', 12345.678, 'prefix ', ' suffix');
// result: "prefix $12,345.68 USD suffix"

• The $.tablesorter.formatMask function has the following parameters:
  • mask - please refer to the math_mask option for more details.
  • value - number to be formatted.
  • prefix - please refer to the math_prefix option for more details (v2.16.4).
  • suffix - please refer to the math_suffix option for more details (v2.16.4).

Experiment with the mask:

$#,##0.00 USD ##.000,00 ¥ £-##¿000$00 xx test:### ###. ing prefix with a comma, ok? #.00 yep! prefix with a periods? ok?... #.00 yep! prefix with spaces ##^000*00 suffix, with comma prefix (#,###.00) suffix BAD => mask starts with a decimal .00 <= BAD BAD => mask starts with a comma1 ,##.00 <= BAD BAD => No hash (#) outside of mask $#,###.00 No # in suffix <= BAD BAD => No plus (+) here! #,###.00 ¢ or [+] here <= BAD BAD => No minus (-) here! $#,###.00 or [-] here either <= BAD

Value to use:
Prefix: ( add {content} to include the mask prefix )
Suffix: ( add {content} to include the mask suffix )
Process