gistfile1.txt

function generateSorter(tableId, columnIndex, order) {
 	return function(firstRow, secondRow) {
 		var firstText = getTextForCell(firstRow, columnIndex);
 		var secondText = getTextForCell(secondRow, columnIndex);
 		var returned = (firstTextsecondText ? 1 : 0));
 		if(returned==0) {
 			// getSortOrder returns a 1-based sort index for this column
 			var columnSortIndex = getSortOrder(tableId, columnIndex);
 			if(columnSortIndex!="") {
 				columnSortIndex = columnSortIndex-1;
 				var sorting = currentSorting\[tableId\];
 				// increment the column sort
 				if(sorting.length>++columnSortIndex) {
 					returned = generateSorter(tableId, sorting\[columnSortIndex\], 1)(firstRow, secondRow);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		return order*returned;
 	}
}