How hard is it to check for whitespace?
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#13Peak rank
1Days on list
70Score · 7d
Nov 10, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days
On Hacker News
- Points
- 9
- Comments
- 2
- Submitted by
- theanonymousone
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
- Site
- serce.me
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Trending history
How hard is it to check for whitespace? was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 10, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 33 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #13 of 30, reached on Nov 10, 16:24 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 10, 17:54 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.
Rank history
Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).
Last 14 days
Best rank per day (UTC).
13
Oct 28today
Metric history
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Where it trended
| List | Best | Days | Checks | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacker News · Front page | #13 | 1 | 33 | |
| LLobsters · Hottest How hard is it to check for whitespace? | same link | |||
From the discussion
A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.
With font.color = white even an ordinary "W" could count as whitespace... Something to remember if you see whitespace with an extraordinary width out there in the wild...
The \s character class in JavaScript regular expressions includes 25 characters. I don’t know if that perfectly matches the Unicode list of 25 characters, but it does make identifying white space simplistic. White space characters are challenging to differentiate in human readable text, but JavaScript makes that…
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Questions
Is How hard is it to check for whitespace? trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 10, 17:54 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank How hard is it to check for whitespace? reached?
#13 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 10, 16:24 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has How hard is it to check for whitespace? been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 10, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (33 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
9 points and 2 comments; submitted by theanonymousone on Nov 6, 2026.