fix: Ignore multiple spaces between arguments. (yargs#100)

Mike111177 · Oct 5, 2017 · d137227 · d137227
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diff --git a/lib/tokenize-arg-string.js b/lib/tokenize-arg-string.js
@@ -3,16 +3,20 @@ module.exports = function (argString) {
   if (Array.isArray(argString)) return argString
 
   var i = 0
+  var prevC = null
   var c = null
   var opening = null
   var args = []
 
   for (var ii = 0; ii < argString.length; ii++) {
+    prevC = c
     c = argString.charAt(ii)
 
     // split on spaces unless we're in quotes.
     if (c === ' ' && !opening) {
-      i++
+      if (!(prevC === ' ')) {
+        i++
+      }
       continue
     }
 

diff --git a/test/tokenize-arg-string.js b/test/tokenize-arg-string.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var tokenizeArgString = require('../lib/tokenize-arg-string')
 
 require('chai').should()
+var expect = require('chai').expect
 
 describe('TokenizeArgString', function () {
   it('handles unquoted string', function () {
@@ -37,4 +38,11 @@ describe('TokenizeArgString', function () {
     args[1].should.equal('hello \'world\'')
     args[2].should.equal('--bar=foo "bar"')
   })
+
+  it('multiple spaces only counted in quotes', function () {
+    var args = tokenizeArgString('foo  bar  "foo  bar"')
+    args[0].should.equal('foo')
+    expect(args[1]).equal('bar')
+    expect(args[2]).equal('foo  bar')
+  })
 })