[KKumar10407]

Variable wordCount in 'LongFormInput.tsx' was calculated with 'value.trim().split(" ")'. This is an issue as splitting on a single literal space means any consecutive space would count as another entry in the split array, unnecessarily increasing the count. Code is modified to depend on regex expressions where the split handles any length of whitespace rather than a single literal whitespace.

A test file was created and deleted to test this. The results are presented in the attached images

I appreciate you guys giving me the opportunity to fix this error and I hope it works on your end!

Sincerely,
Karthik Kumar
kkumar07@terpmail.umd.edu

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved word counting in long-form inputs by correctly handling multiple spaces and leading or trailing whitespace.

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LongFormInput now trims its value and splits on contiguous whitespace when calculating the displayed word count.

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Word Count Handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Normalize word count input frontend/src/components/form/LongFormInput.tsx	The wordCount calculation trims leading and trailing whitespace and splits on contiguous whitespace instead of single spaces.

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Pull request overview

Fixes word counting in the long-form textarea by treating any run of whitespace (spaces, tabs, newlines) as a single separator, preventing overcounting when users enter multiple spaces or line breaks.

Changes:

• Update wordCount calculation to split on \s+ instead of a single literal space.
• Introduce an intermediate trimmedVal to ensure leading/trailing whitespace doesn’t affect the count.

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