title: do not take into account R symbol on tablesorter
body: <p>I have a html table that I am trying to sort using tablesorter (I believe that I have the most recent version). The problem is that when I sort on certain columns the resultant sort is not in order. To be specific each number within my columns has a "R" character is front of it (short hand for South African Rand) and when I sort columns it sorts only on the first digit not all of them. E.g. R100 comes before R70 on a sort. My html looks like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;div class="table-responsive container-fluid"&gt;
      &lt;table id="BrokerTable" class="table table-bordered table-hover tablesorter"&gt;
      &lt;thead&gt;
          &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;th class="col-md-2"&gt;Broker&lt;span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down headimage"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th class="col-md-2"&gt;Base Transaction Fee&lt;br&gt; (per trade)&lt;span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down headimage"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;      
              &lt;th class="col-md-2"&gt;Minimum Transaction Fee&lt;br&gt; (per trade)&lt;span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down headimage"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th class="col-md-2"&gt;Monthly Management Fee&lt;br&gt; (exc. VAT)&lt;span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down headimage"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th class="col-md-2"&gt;Allows limit orders&lt;br&gt; (required for placing orders outside of trading hours)&lt;span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down headimage"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
              &lt;th class="col-md-2"&gt;Allows stop-loss orders&lt;span class="glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down headimage"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
          &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;/thead&gt;
      &lt;tbody&gt;
          &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;28E Capital&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;0.7% : R0-R49,999&lt;br&gt;0.5% : R50,000-R499,999&lt;br&gt;0.4% : R500,000-R999,999&lt;br&gt;0.35% : R1,000,000+&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;R125&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;R40&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b class="greenTick"&gt;&amp;#x2713;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b class="greenTick"&gt;&amp;#x2713;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
          &lt;/tr&gt;
          &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;ABSA&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;0.4%&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;R120&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;R67&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b class="greenTick"&gt;&amp;#x2713;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b class="redcross"&gt;&amp;#x2718;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
          &lt;/tr&gt;
          &lt;tr&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;AfriFocus&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;0.5%&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;R125&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;R65&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b class="greenTick"&gt;&amp;#x2713;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
              &lt;td&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b class="greenTick"&gt;&amp;#x2713;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
          &lt;/tr&gt;
      &lt;/tbody&gt;
      &lt;/table&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And my tablesorter js is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>    &lt;script&gt;
      $(document).ready(function() {
      $("#BrokerTable").tablesorter( {sortList: [[1,0]]} ); 
          } 
      ); 
  &lt;/script&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If anyone knows how to make this work it would be great.</p>
  
  <p>Jack</p>