From 72855318705dbee17e3aacc63958ca01e7b72d3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Cahill <1bardesign@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 15:00:44 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed dedent() with trimmed blank lines (some editors do this
 automatically)

---
 stringx.lua | 22 ++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stringx.lua b/stringx.lua
index f9d2e81..cda2f26 100644
--- a/stringx.lua
+++ b/stringx.lua
@@ -192,16 +192,18 @@ function stringx.deindent(s, keep_trailing_empty)
 	--de-indent the lines
 	local res = {}
 	for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
-		local line_start = line:sub(1, indent:len())
-		local start_len = line_start:len()
-		if
-			line_start == indent
-			or (
-				start_len < indent_len
-				and line_start == indent:sub(1, start_len)
-			)
-		then
-			line = line:sub(start_len + 1)
+		if line ~= "" then
+			local line_start = line:sub(1, indent:len())
+			local start_len = line_start:len()
+			if
+				line_start == indent
+				or (
+					start_len < indent_len
+					and line_start == indent:sub(1, start_len)
+				)
+			then
+				line = line:sub(start_len + 1)
+			end
 		end
 		table.insert(res, line)
 	end