Sorting divs by number inside div tag and jQuery

Question

I\'m trying to sort a list of divs with jQuery. Essentially the list might look like this:

Answer 1

Some thing along these lines should work:

var list = [];

function sortDivs(a,b)
{
    return parseInt(a.text(), 10) - parseInt(b.text(), 10);
}

$('contest_entry').each(function () {
    list.push(this);
    $(this).detach();
})

list.sort(sortDivs)

for (var x = 0; x < list.length; x++) {
    $('#parent_el').append(list[x]);//where parent_el is the place you want to reinsert the divs in the DOM
}