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Random whitespaces are inserted when using page.extract_text() · Issue #1507 · py-pdf/pypdf · GitHub

I am trying to extract text from various PDF documents to use in an NLP project. While using page.extractText() random whitespace is appearing in the outputted words when there are no spaces in the pdf document.

Using VS code and running via command prompt.

$ python -m platform
Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0

$ python -c "import PyPDF2;print(PyPDF2.__version__)"
2.12.1

This is a minimal, complete example that shows the issue:

test_doc.pdf
(PDF was generated using default settings in Microsoft word). It looks like this:

The code is:

import os

from PyPDF2 import PdfReader, __version__

pdf = PdfReader(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "test_doc.pdf"))

print(f"PyPDF2=={__version__}")

text = ""
for page in pdf.pages:
    page_content = page.extract_text()
    text = text + page_content
print(text)

PyPDF2==2.12.1
This is a test document by Ethan Nelson.  
 
Tuesday was a good time to call ( 000) 000-0000 . This is his ph one mu mber . This is a random address for 
testing purposes : 341 Maple st Paytonville Maine 45681.  
Anyway, there are random whitespaces here . 

KimBenjaminTang and dethosMartinThoma and dethos

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