Tablesorter plugin - what currently sorted by?

I am using the tablesorter plugin for a table. Is there a way I can find out what a table is currently sorted by? I am trying to append new rows to an existing table. I have everything working correctly, but I want to maintain the sort. All the examples (including the documentation which is barely existent let me just add) have an update being triggered and then s开发者_如何转开发etting the sort to something. How can I determine what it is sorted by now, so when I set the sort, it is the same thing?

Thanks!

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Edit: Also, here's an article that talks about using cookies to persist the sort across postbacks.