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fix: handle whitespace correctly in word count #47

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion fixit/wordcount.py
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import re
"""Word, line and character counting."""


def count_words(text: str) -> int:
"""Return the number of words in text."""
return len(text.split(" "))
return len(re.split(r'\s+',text.strip()))


def count_lines(text: str) -> int:
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion tests/test_wordcount.py
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assert count_words("hello world") == 2


@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Known bug: multiple spaces are counted as words")
def test_count_words_extra_spaces():
assert count_words("hello world") == 2

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