[ '10' , 9 , 2 , '1' , '4' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['1',2,'4',9,'10']
[ '10.0401' , 10.022 , 10.042 , '10.021999' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['10.021999',10.022,'10.0401',10.042]
[ '10.04f' , '10.039F' , '10.038d' , '10.037D' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['10.037D','10.038d','10.039F','10.04f']
[ '1.528535047e5' , '1.528535047e7' , '1.528535047e3' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['1.528535047e3','1.528535047e5','1.528535047e7']
[ '192.168.0.100' , '192.168.0.1' , '192.168.1.1' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['192.168.0.1','192.168.0.100','192.168.1.1']
[ 'car.mov' , '01alpha.sgi' , '001alpha.sgi' , 'my.string_41299.tif' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['001alpha.sgi','01alpha.sgi','car.mov','my.string_41299.tif'
[ '10/12/2008' , '10/11/2008' , '10/11/2007' , '10/12/2007' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['10/11/2007', '10/12/2007', '10/11/2008', '10/12/2008']
[ '$10002.00' , '$10001.02' , '$10001.01' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['$10001.01','$10001.02','$10002.00']
[ '1 Title - The Big Lebowski' , '1 Title - Gattaca' , '1 Title - Last Picture Show' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['1 Title - Gattaca','1 Title - Last Picture Show','1 Title - The Big Lebowski']
By default - case-sensitive sorting
[ 'a' , 'B' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['B', 'a']
To enable case-insensitive sorting
naturalSort . insensitive = true ;
[ 'a' , 'B' ] . sort ( naturalSort ) ;
// ['a', 'B']
Original Author: Jim Palmer (based on chunking idea from Dave Koelle)
Optimizations and safari fix by Mike Grier (mgrier.com)
Scientific notation and alphanumeric sorting fixes by @Mottie