diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 445219c..5f95344 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Refer to the documenation for examples on how to use table-sort-js with [HTML](h
 | "dates-ymd-sort"             | Sorts dates in [ISO 8601](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601) yyyy/mm/dd format. e.g (2021/10/28). Use "/" or "-" as separator. |
 | "file-size-sort"             | Sorts file sizes(B->TiB) uses the binary prefix. (e.g 10 B, 100 KiB, 1 MiB); optional space between number and prefix.              |
 | "runtime-sort"               | Sorts runtime in hours minutes and seconds e.g (10h 1m 20s). Useful for sorting the GitHub actions Run time column...               |
+| "numeric-sort"               | Sorts numbers - Positive, Negative (Both minus and parenthesis representations), Decimals (can also be used for Semantic Versioning)|
 
 | <th> Classes that change defaults. | Description                                                                                                         |
 | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
diff --git a/public/table-sort.js b/public/table-sort.js
index ecd643b..a897471 100644
--- a/public/table-sort.js
+++ b/public/table-sort.js
@@ -329,32 +329,35 @@ function tableSortJs(testingTableSortJS = false, domDocumentWindow = document) {
       const isAlphaSort = th.classList.contains("alpha-sort");
       const isNumericSort = th.classList.contains("numeric-sort");
       function sortAscending(a, b) {
-        function handleNumbers(str1, str2) {
-          let num1, num2;
-          str1 = str1.slice(0, str1.indexOf("#"));
-          str2 = str2.slice(0, str2.indexOf("#"));
-
-          if (str1.match(/^\((\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\)$/)) {
-            num1 = -1 * Number(str1.slice(1, -1));
-          } else { 
-            num1 = Number(str1);
-          }
-
-          if (str2.match(/^\((\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\)$/)) {
-            num2 = -1 * Number(str2.slice(1, -1));
+        function parseNumberFromString(str) {
+          let num;
+          str = str.slice(0, str.indexOf("#"));
+          if (str.match(/^\((\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\)$/)) {
+            num = -1 * Number(str.slice(1, -1));
           } else {
-            num2 = Number(str2);
+            num = Number(str);
           }
+          return num;
+        }
+
+        function strLocaleCompare(str1, str2) {
+          return str1.localeCompare(
+            str2,
+            navigator.languages[0] || navigator.language,
+            { numeric: !isAlphaSort, ignorePunctuation: !isPunctSort }
+          );
+        }
+
+        function handleNumbers(str1, str2) {
+          let num1, num2;
+          num1 = parseNumberFromString(str1);
+          num2 = parseNumberFromString(str2);
 
           if (!isNaN(num1) && !isNaN(num2)) {
             return num1 - num2;
           } else {
-            return str1.localeCompare(
-              str2,
-              navigator.languages[0] || navigator.language,
-              { numeric: !isAlphaSort, ignorePunctuation: !isPunctSort }
-            );
-          }          
+            return strLocaleCompare(str1, str2);
+          }
         }
 
         if (a.includes(`${fillValue}#`)) {
@@ -363,12 +366,8 @@ function tableSortJs(testingTableSortJS = false, domDocumentWindow = document) {
           return -1;
         } else if (isNumericSort) {
           return handleNumbers(a, b);
-        } else{
-          return a.localeCompare(
-            b,
-            navigator.languages[0] || navigator.language,
-            { numeric: !isAlphaSort, ignorePunctuation: !isPunctSort }
-          );
+        } else {
+          return strLocaleCompare(a, b);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/table.test.js b/test/table.test.js
index 1a98880..44a6453 100644
--- a/test/table.test.js
+++ b/test/table.test.js
@@ -408,47 +408,7 @@ test("Sort decimal numbers", () => {
   });
 });
 
-test("Sort combination of negative and positive numbers", () => {
-  expect(
-    createTestTable(
-      {
-        col0: ["1", "-2", "-3", "4", "-6", "5", "14"],
-      },
-      { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
-    )
-  ).toStrictEqual({
-    col0: ["-6","-3","-2","1","4","5","14"],
-  });
-});
-
-test("Sort all combination of negative and positive integers and decimal numbers", () => {
-  expect(
-    createTestTable(
-      {
-        col0: ["1.05", "-2.3", "-3", "1", "-6", "5", "14"],
-      },
-      { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
-    )
-  ).toStrictEqual({
-    col0: ["-6","-3","-2.3","1","1.05","5","14"],
-  });
-});
-
-test("Sort all combination of negative and positive integers and decimal numbers", () => {
-  expect(
-    createTestTable(
-      {
-        col0: ["1.05", "-2.3", "-3", "1", "-6", "", "14"],
-      },
-      { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
-    )
-  ).toStrictEqual({
-    col0: ["-6","-3","-2.3","1","1.05","14",""],
-  });
-});
-
-
-test("Sort all negative numbers with parenthesis as well", () => {
+test("Sort all combination positive, negative numbers with parenthesis as well", () => {
   expect(
     createTestTable(
       {
@@ -470,6 +430,6 @@ test("Sort all combination of negative and positive integers and decimal numbers
       { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
     )
   ).toStrictEqual({
-    col0: ["{1}","-6","-3","-2.3","(0.5)","1","1.05","1a","b","(c)",""],
+    col0: ["-6","-3","-2.3","(0.5)","1","1.05","{1}","1a","b","(c)",""],
   });
 });
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