diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 445219c..977f0cc 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), and Decimals                                       |
 
 | <th> Classes that change defaults. | Description                                                                                                         |
 | ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
diff --git a/public/table-sort.js b/public/table-sort.js
index 238cb60..eaf9bcd 100644
--- a/public/table-sort.js
+++ b/public/table-sort.js
@@ -65,11 +65,13 @@ function tableSortJs(testingTableSortJS = false, domDocumentWindow = document) {
     // Doesn't infer dates with delimiter "."; as could capture semantic version numbers.
     const dmyRegex = /^(\d\d?)[/-](\d\d?)[/-]((\d\d)?\d\d)/;
     const ymdRegex = /^(\d\d\d\d)[/-](\d\d?)[/-](\d\d?)/;
+    const numericRegex = /^(?:\(\d+(?:\.\d+)?\)|-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?)$/;
     const inferableClasses = {
       runtime: { regexp: runtimeRegex, class: "runtime-sort", count: 0 },
       filesize: { regexp: fileSizeRegex, class: "file-size-sort", count: 0 },
       dmyDates: { regexp: dmyRegex, class: "dates-dmy-sort", count: 0 },
       ymdDates: { regexp: ymdRegex, class: "dates-ymd-sort", count: 0 },
+      numericRegex: {regexp: numericRegex, class: "numeric-sort",count:0}
     };
     let classNameAdded = false;
     let regexNotFoundCount = 0;
@@ -335,17 +337,48 @@ function tableSortJs(testingTableSortJS = false, domDocumentWindow = document) {
 
       const isPunctSort = th.classList.contains("punct-sort");
       const isAlphaSort = th.classList.contains("alpha-sort");
+      const isNumericSort = th.classList.contains("numeric-sort");
+
+      function parseNumberFromString(str) {
+        let num;
+        str = str.slice(0, str.indexOf("#"));
+        if (str.match(/^\((\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\)$/)) {
+          num = -1 * Number(str.slice(1, -1));
+        } else {
+          num = Number(str);
+        }
+        return num;
+      }
+
+      function strLocaleCompare(str1, str2) {
+        return str1.localeCompare(
+          str2,
+          navigator.languages[0] || navigator.language,
+          { numeric: !isAlphaSort, ignorePunctuation: !isPunctSort }
+        );
+      }
+
+      function handleNumbers(str1, str2) {
+        let num1, num2;
+        num1 = parseNumberFromString(str1);
+        num2 = parseNumberFromString(str2);
+
+        if (!isNaN(num1) && !isNaN(num2)) {
+          return num1 - num2;
+        } else {
+          return strLocaleCompare(str1, str2);
+        }
+      }
+
       function sortAscending(a, b) {
         if (a.includes(`${fillValue}#`)) {
           return 1;
         } else if (b.includes(`${fillValue}#`)) {
           return -1;
+        } else if (isNumericSort) {
+          return handleNumbers(a, b);
         } else {
-          return a.localeCompare(
-            b,
-            navigator.languages[0] || navigator.language,
-            { numeric: !isAlphaSort, ignorePunctuation: !isPunctSort }
-          );
+          return strLocaleCompare(a, b);
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/test/table.test.js b/test/table.test.js
index a374010..32b7c6e 100644
--- a/test/table.test.js
+++ b/test/table.test.js
@@ -489,3 +489,42 @@ test("dates-ymd-sort: ISO 8601 style yyyy/mm/dd; delim . or / or -", () => {
     col0: ["2023-03-9", "2023/4/6", "2023/4/32", "2023/09/6", "2023.12.16"],
   });
 });
+
+test("Sort decimal numbers", () => {
+  expect(
+    createTestTable(
+      {
+        col0: ["0.1", "0.2", "0.3", "0.11", "0.13", "0.13", "0.14"],
+      },
+      { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
+    )
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    col0: ["0.1", "0.11", "0.13", "0.13", "0.14", "0.2", "0.3"],
+  });
+});
+
+test("Sort all combination positive, negative numbers with parenthesis as well", () => {
+  expect(
+    createTestTable(
+      {
+        col0: ["1.05", "-2.3", "-3", "1", "-6", "(1.4)", "14"],
+      },
+      { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
+    )
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    col0: ["-6","-3","-2.3","(1.4)","1","1.05","14"],
+  });
+});
+
+test("Sort all combination of negative and positive integers and decimal numbers and even alphabetical random", () => {
+  expect(
+    createTestTable(
+      {
+        col0: ["1.05", "-2.3", "-3", "1", "-6", "","(0.5)","1a","b","(c)","{1}"],
+      },
+      { classTags: "numeric-sort" }
+    )
+  ).toStrictEqual({
+    col0: ["-6","-3","-2.3","(0.5)","1","1.05","{1}","1a","b","(c)",""],
+  });
+});
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