自定义排序函数未调用Jquery数据表的onLoad

Question

I have added a custom sort functionality in datatable. It works fine when the table header is clicked. However, On pageLoad I want the table to be sorted by that column using the same logic as provided in the custom sort function. It does not seem to do so. Here is my code snippet

$(document).ready(function(){
  $("#stripedTableAcp").DataTable({
    "columnDefs": [
      { 
        "type": "acp_name",
        "targets": 3
      } 
    ],
    "order": [[ 3, "asc" ]],
    "pageLength": 100,
    "lengthMenu": [100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000]
  });

  $.fn.dataTableExt.oSort["acp_name-desc"] = function (x, y)
  {
    console.log("1");
    x = jQuery(x).text();
    y = jQuery(y).text();

    temp = x.split("-");
    xPart1 = temp[0];
    xPart2 = parseInt(temp[1]);

    temp = y.split("-");
    yPart1 = temp[0];
    yPart2 = parseInt(temp[1]);

    if(xPart1 > yPart1)
    {
      return -1;
    }

    if(xPart2 > yPart2)
    {
      return -1;
    }

    return 1;
  };

  $.fn.dataTableExt.oSort["acp_name-asc"] = function (x, y)
  {
    console.log("2");
    x = jQuery(x).text();
    y = jQuery(y).text();

    temp = x.split("-");
    xPart1 = temp[0];
    xPart2 = parseInt(temp[1]);

    temp = y.split("-");
    yPart1 = temp[0];
    yPart2 = parseInt(temp[1]);

    if(xPart1 > yPart1)
    {
      return 1;
    }

    if(xPart2 > yPart2)
    {
      return 1;
    }

    return -1;
  }
});

Please note that the console.log added to the function is fired when the table header is clicked but not upon page load

datatable version is 1.10.19 as provided by the CDN

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You have declared them only. Call order in the last line of document.ready().

Answer 2

The problem was with initializing the datatable before initializing the custom plugins. Once the plugin code was moved before declaring the datatable, the problem was resolved.