Removed whitespace at startup about fast-xml-parser

[amitguptagwl]

Hi, Is it removing the blank spaces from the value of a node? I'll appreciate if you can share some sample XML where you are facing the issue. Note: I'm currently having no desktop/laptop. So there can be some delay to respond any query.

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On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:40 PM, hermosilla ***@***.***> wrote: Hi, in the getTraversalObj function, the blank spaces are removed at the beginning of the text. Sometimes these blanks are important, could you add this removal as optional in the options parameter? Thank you very much. var getTraversalObj =function (xmlData,options){ options = buildOptions(options); *xmlData = xmlData.replace(/>(\s+)/g, ">");//Remove spaces and make it single line. (THIS LINE)* var tags = getAllMatches(xmlData,tagsRegx); — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#6>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHVgKE-3YplUuEswHy9-GFarqw8SIxOyks5rvKMrgaJpZM4M7OEJ> .

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[hermosilla]

Hi,
In this example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <root xml:space="preserve"> <result toptype="Normal"> <line number="1"> 234 +</line> <line number="1"> 100 +</line> <line number="2"> Total: 334.00 </line> </result> </root>

This is the result:

{"root":{ "space":"preserve", "result":{ "toptype":"Normal", "line":[ { "number":"1", "text":"234 +" }, { "number":"1", "text":"100 +" }, { "number":"2", "text":"Total: 334.00 " } ] } } }

If I comment the line (in bold):

var getTraversalObj =function (xmlData,options){
options = buildOptions(options);
//xmlData = xmlData.replace(/>(\s+)/g, ">");//Remove spaces and make it single line.
var tags = getAllMatches(xmlData,tagsRegx);
var xmlObj = new xmlNode('!xml');
var currentNode = xmlObj;

I get the expected result:

"{"root":{ "space":"preserve", "result":{ "toptype":"Normal", "line":[ { "number":"1", "text":" 234 +" }, { "number":"1", "text":" 100 +" }, { "number":"2", "text":" Total: 334.00 " } ] } } }"

Other libs like xml2json use optional trim parameter:

var options = {
object: false,
reversible: false,
coerce: false,
sanitize: true,
trim: true,
arrayNotation: false
alternateTextNode: false
};

[amitguptagwl]

Thanks. Now I got your point. I believe just commenting the line in the code , as you mentioned, may cause issue when XML is not well formatted. So I'll have to handle it.

Unfortunately I don't have any machine to work. So let's wait for the weekend so that I can borrow someone's machine and fix this.

[amitguptagwl]

@hermosilla issue is solved. Your suggestion worked. Thanks