[TIKA-2646] Tika parse["content"] returns jumbled text across cells of a table in a pdf

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 1.18
• Component/s: parser
• Labels: performance

Environment

MacOS Sierra 10.12.6

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Annie Didier
• Created: 21/May/18 15:52
• Updated: 03/Oct/18 16:26
• Resolved: 22/May/18 12:27

Description

When text from a table is extracted, sometimes the order of the cells becomes mixed and the words get concatenated together. For example:

 

HOURS	DUR (hr)	PHASE	CODE	SUB	DESCRIPTION

becomes: Hours Dur Code Sub DescriptionPhase

 

In other more serious cases, the text within a cell becomes scrambled with a text from another cell. Such as:

HOURS	DUR (hr)	PHASE	CODE	SUB
00:00 - 17:00	17.00	FLOWBK	33 P - FLOWBACK / TESTING	E - RIG OUT TESTERS

the second row becomes:

17.00-00:00 17:00 FLOWBK E - RIG OUT

 

TESTERS

 

33 P -

 

FLOWBACK /

 

TESTING

Note that the value of the second column has moved to the first column, and the "-" within the first column is misordered. The last two columns have switched places.

Issue Links

• is caused by: TIKA-2249 Tika not able to parse tables from pdf