[PDFBOX-3435] Text extraction - words on same line detection failing in 2.x

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Lee van Hooff
• Created: 22/Jul/16 14:17
• Updated: 25/Mar/17 18:13
• Resolved: 04/Aug/16 16:36

Description

The ability to extract a line of text as it appears in the PDF is no longer working in the 2.x version of pdfbox.

java -jar pdfbox-app-1.8.4.jar ExtractText -console -sort ~/Desktop/text-extraction-issues.pdf

results in:

. . .
Your Code        Our Code                            Description                                              Qty    Price Ex   Total Ex  
11SP             100129630       IRWIN VICE-GRIP 11 C-CLAMP SWIVEL PAD           4         00.00      000.00
IR-0352          100094584       IRWIN 600MM TOOL BAG                            1         00.00       00.00
EM81.9           100088913       EMPIRE TORPEDO LEVEL ALUMINIUM                  1         00.00       00.00
20566-618R       100023443       LENOX RECIPRO BLADE 150X20X0.9MM 18TPI 5P        3          0.00       00.00
. . .

while
java -jar pdfbox-app-2.0.2.jar ExtractText -console -sort ~/Desktop/text-extraction-issues.pdf

results in:

. . .
Your Code        Our Code                            Description                                              Qty    Price Ex   Total Ex  
IRWIN VICE-GRIP 11 C-CLAMP SWIVEL PAD    
11SP             100129630              4         00.00      000.00
IRWIN 600MM TOOL BAG                     
IR-0352          100094584              1         00.00       00.00
EMPIRE TORPEDO LEVEL ALUMINIUM           
EM81.9           100088913              1         00.00       00.00
LENOX RECIPRO BLADE 150X20X0.9MM 18TPI 5P
20566-618R       100023443              3          0.00       00.00
. . .