Allow tabs (in between account name and amount). Fixes #4

parse.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"math/big"
+	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ func ParseLedger(ledgerReader io.Reader) (generalLedger []*Transaction, err erro
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(ledgerReader)
 	var line string
 	var lineCount int
+
+	accountToAmountSpace := regexp.MustCompile(" {2,}|\t+")
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		line = scanner.Text()
 		// remove heading and tailing space from the line
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ func ParseLedger(ledgerReader io.Reader) (generalLedger []*Transaction, err erro
 			trans = &Transaction{Payee: payeeString, Date: transDate}
 		} else {
 			var accChange Account
-			lineSplit := strings.Split(trimmedLine, "  ")
+			lineSplit := accountToAmountSpace.Split(trimmedLine, -1)
 			nonEmptyWords := []string{}
 			for _, word := range lineSplit {
 				if len(word) > 0 {

parse_test.go

@@ -38,6 +38,64 @@ var testCases = []testCase{
 		},
 		nil,
 	},
+	testCase{
+		`1970/01/01 Payee
+ Expense:test	369.0
+ Assets
+
+; Handle tabs between account and amount
+; Also handle accounts with spaces
+1970/01/01 Payee 5
+	Expense:Cars R Us
+	Expense:Cars  358.0
+	Expense:Cranks	10
+	Expense:Cranks Unlimited	10
+	Expense:Cranks United  10
+`,
+		[]*Transaction{
+			&Transaction{
+				Payee: "Payee",
+				Date:  time.Unix(0, 0).UTC(),
+				AccountChanges: []Account{
+					Account{
+						"Expense:test",
+						big.NewRat(369.0, 1),
+					},
+					Account{
+						"Assets",
+						big.NewRat(-369.0, 1),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			&Transaction{
+				Payee: "Payee 5",
+				Date:  time.Unix(0, 0).UTC(),
+				AccountChanges: []Account{
+					Account{
+						"Expense:Cars R Us",
+						big.NewRat(-388.0, 1),
+					},
+					Account{
+						"Expense:Cars",
+						big.NewRat(358.0, 1),
+					},
+					Account{
+						"Expense:Cranks",
+						big.NewRat(10.0, 1),
+					},
+					Account{
+						"Expense:Cranks Unlimited",
+						big.NewRat(10.0, 1),
+					},
+					Account{
+						"Expense:Cranks United",
+						big.NewRat(10.0, 1),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		nil,
+	},
 }
 
 func TestParseLedger(t *testing.T) {