/* http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/sortabletable/customsorttypedemo.html */

// Thanks to Brian K. Cantwell for the initial code

function usCurrencyConverter( s )
{
    var n = s;
    var i = s.indexOf( "$" );
    if ( i == -1 )
        i = s.indexOf( "," );
    if ( i != -1 )
    {
        var p1 = s.substr( 0, i );
        var p2 = s.substr( i + 1, s.length );
        return usCurrencyConverter( p1 + p2 );
    }

    return parseFloat( n );
}

SortableTable.prototype.addSortType( "UsCurrency", usCurrencyConverter );