From 2d5125af1ea269c10355f00b7261ea4ae4966fb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Morris <tfmorris@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:45:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Issue 462 - don't trim whitespace from string-valued cell
 contents on import

git-svn-id: http://google-refine.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@2330 7d457c2a-affb-35e4-300a-418c747d4874
---
 main/src/com/google/refine/importers/ExcelImporter.java | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/importers/ExcelImporter.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/importers/ExcelImporter.java
index bf4b8500d..0a221931a 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/importers/ExcelImporter.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/importers/ExcelImporter.java
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@ public class ExcelImporter extends TabularImportingParserBase {
                 value = d;
             }
         } else {
-            // TODO: Why are we changing input value during import?
-            String text = cell.getStringCellValue().trim();
+            String text = cell.getStringCellValue();
             if (text.length() > 0) {
                 value = text;
             }