text: /**
   * Sort numeric data which has a percent sign with it.
   *
   * DataTables 1.10+ has percentage data type detection and sorting abilities
   * built-in. As such this plug-in is marked as deprecated, but might be useful
   * when working with old versions of DataTables.
   * 
   *  @name Percentage
   *  @summary Sort numeric data with a postfixed percentage symbol
   *  @deprecated
   *  @author [Jonathan Romley](http://jonathanromley.org/)
   *
   *  @example
   *    $('#example').dataTable( {
   *       columnDefs: [
   *         { type: 'percent', targets: 0 }
   *       ]
   *    } );
   */
  
  jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
  	"percent-pre": function ( a ) {
  		var x = (a == "-") ? 0 : a.replace( /%/, "" );
  		return parseFloat( x );
  	},
  
  	"percent-asc": function ( a, b ) {
  		return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
  	},
  
  	"percent-desc": function ( a, b ) {
  		return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
  	}
  } );
  