From abf901eed1a7eca7baf63298bffa7008a7129c7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ghiscoding <gbeaulac@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 12:28:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Allow spaces to be placed in SharedStrings file ref,
 original lib PR: https://github.com/stephenliberty/excel-builder.js/pull/83

---
 packages/excel-builder-vanilla/src/Excel/SharedStrings.ts | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/excel-builder-vanilla/src/Excel/SharedStrings.ts b/packages/excel-builder-vanilla/src/Excel/SharedStrings.ts
index 703eab7..d2407ed 100644
--- a/packages/excel-builder-vanilla/src/Excel/SharedStrings.ts
+++ b/packages/excel-builder-vanilla/src/Excel/SharedStrings.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ export class SharedStrings {
 
     while (l--) {
       const clone = template.cloneNode(true);
+      if (strings[l]?.match(/\s+/)) {
+        clone.firstChild!.setAttribute('xml:space', 'preserve');
+      }
       clone.firstChild!.firstChild!.nodeValue = strings[l];
       sharedStringTable.appendChild(clone);
     }