repaired text strings in numerical sort functionality

README.markdown

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ tablesorter can successfully parse and sort many types of data including linked
 
 View the [complete listing here](https://github.com/Mottie/tablesorter/wiki/Change).
 
+#### Version 2.1.13 (4/17/2012)
+
+* Modified "digit" parser to not remove alphabetical characters as it was breaking the [text strings in numerical sort](http://mottie.github.com/tablesorter/docs/example-options-headers-digits-strings.html) functionality.
+
 #### Version 2.1.12 (4/16/2012)
 
 * Modified digit parser to assume numbers wrapped in parenthesis are negative numbers.

js/jquery.tablesorter.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
-* TableSorter 2.1.12 - Client-side table sorting with ease!
+* TableSorter 2.1.13 - Client-side table sorting with ease!
 * @requires jQuery v1.2.6+
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2007 Christian Bach
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	$.extend({
 		tablesorter: new function(){
 
-			this.version = "2.1.12";
+			this.version = "2.1.13";
 
 			var parsers = [], widgets = [], tbl;
 			this.defaults = {
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@
 			return $.tablesorter.isDigit(s);
 		},
 		format: function(s){
-			return $.tablesorter.formatFloat(s.replace(/[^0-9,. \-()]/g, ""));
+			return $.tablesorter.formatFloat(s.replace(/[^\w,. \-()]/g, ""));
 		},
 		type: "numeric"
 	});

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "tablesorter",
-    "version": "2.1.12",
+    "version": "2.1.13",
     "title": "tablesorter",
     "author": {
         "name": "Christian Bach",