var sortTable = function(obj) {
    
    if(!obj.length) return; 


    var Helper = {
        replaceSpecials: function(str) {
            var specials = {"ö":"oe","ä":"ae","ü":"ue","ß":"ss"};
            for (var char in specials) {
                var regExp = new RegExp(char,"g");
                str = str.replace(regExp,specials[char]);
            }
            return str;
        },
        paginate: function() {
            tableRows = $('tbody tr',obj);
            msg.text("Seite: " + (current + 1));
            tableRows.hide().slice(current * numMax,(current + 1) * numMax).show();
        }
    }

    // pagination
    var current = 0;
    var numMax = 10;
    var tableRows = $('tbody tr',obj);
    var pages = Math.ceil(tableRows.length / numMax);
    var msg = $("#tools #msg");

    Helper.paginate();

    $("#up").click(function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        (current < pages -1) ? current += 1 : current = pages -1;
        Helper.paginate();
    })  
    $("#down").click(function(e) {
        e.preventDefault();
        (current > 0) ? current -= 1 : current = 0;
        Helper.paginate();
    })  


    // sort
  obj.each(function() {

        $('tbody tr:even', obj).addClass("even");
        var th = $('th', obj);

    th.each(function(index) {

            var asc = false;

      $(this).click(function() {
      	
      	  $('.preis').each(function(){
	  	 $(this).text($(this).text().substring(0,$(this).text().length-4));
	  	
	  });
                asc ? asc = false : asc = true;
                    
                th.removeClass("desc asc");
                asc ? $(this).addClass("asc") : $(this).addClass("desc");

                var tableRows = $('tbody > tr',obj).get();
                var isNumeric = $(this).hasClass("numeric");
                
                tableRows.sort(function(a, b) {

            var sortA = Helper.replaceSpecials($(a).children('td').eq(index).text().toLowerCase());
            var sortB = Helper.replaceSpecials($(b).children('td').eq(index).text().toLowerCase());
                                                                                                            
                    var num;
                    asc ? num = 1 :num = -1;
                        
                    if (isNumeric) return asc ? sortA - sortB : sortB - sortA;
                    return  ( sortA == sortB) ? 0 : 
                             ( sortA > sortB) ? num : num * -1;
                });

                for (var tr in tableRows) {
                    $('tbody',obj).append(tableRows[tr]);
                }


//        $.each(tableRows, function(index, tr) {
//          $('tbody',obj).append(tr);
//        });
                   $('.preis').each(function(){
	  	var tx= $(this).text();
	  	$(this).text(tx+",- €");
	  });   
                $('tbody tr', obj).removeClass("even");
                $('tbody tr:even', obj).addClass("even");
                Helper.paginate();
            });
        });
    });
    
}