From 6915cd5b44305dacdbbbbfcd5575b5851e8f2cdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tel0065 <77864718+tel0065@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:42:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] leading spaces alternative method

Added an alternative method for calculating the leading spaces instead of taking the index of the first non-whitespace character. Leaving it commented out, but still there as an alternative  in-case something goes wrong w/ the index method.
---
 src/commands/text.ts | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/commands/text.ts b/src/commands/text.ts
index 99eb15a..03c4132 100755
--- a/src/commands/text.ts
+++ b/src/commands/text.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ function getLeadingSpaces() {
         }
         else {
             let numSpaces = textLine.firstNonWhitespaceCharacterIndex;
+            // let numSpaces = textLine.text.length - textLine.text.trimStart().length; // Alternative method, same result by calculating the leading spaces 
             vscode.window.showInformationMessage("Line Number " + lineNum.toString() + " Has " + numSpaces.toString()+ " Leading Spaces ");
         }
     }