# tablesorter

## Writing custom parsers, advanced use

### Flexible client-side table sorting

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NOTE!

- In v2.15.0, the `parsed` parameter
  - This parameter is a flag used by the filter widget.
  - When `true`, the filter widget will only search through parsed data for matches.
  - If `false` (default value), the filter widget will search through the cell text for matches.
- This method of writing custom parsers will NOT work with the original tablesorter 2.0.5b plugin because the format function does not consistently provide the `cell` and `cellIndex` parameters.

# Demo

Name (Last) | Originally from... | Birthday
--- | --- | ---
Joe Allen | South Carolina | Jan 15
Lisa Torres | Maryland | March 2nd
Peter Louis Franklin | Coventry | Boxing Day (Dec 26th)
Maria Consuela de Los Angeles Ortiz Del Toro-Jones | Texas | 10 Mayo
Mike "the Smasher" Bigglesworth | Rhode Island | 22nd of June
Fredrick Smith | Ohio | 10th Mar

# Javascript

# HTML

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