Bug: Word Count Shows Incorrect Value for Whitespace #1687
Description
Describe the bug
The word count statistic displays an incorrect value when the input contains only whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, newlines, etc.). Instead of showing 0, it shows a count of 2
File
text-statistics.vue (Line 14)
Current Behavior
When the textarea contains only whitespace:
Input: (3 spaces)
Expected word count: 0
Actual word count: 2
Root Cause
The current implementation uses
text === '' ? 0 : text.split(/\s+/).length
When text contains only whitespace, split(/\s+/) produces an array with empty strings
" ".split(/\s+/) returns ["", ""]
This results in length = 2 instead of 0
Proposed Fix
Use trim() to remove leading/trailing whitespace before checking and splitting
text.trim() === '' ? 0 : text.trim().split(/\s+/).length
What happened?
A bug happened!
System information
Browser at https://it-tools.tech/text-statistics
Where did you encounter the bug?
Public app (it-tools.tech)