Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/randym/axlsx

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/axlsx/workbook/shared_strings_table.rb b/lib/axlsx/workbook/shared_strings_table.rb
index 43e8a1a8..7c08205e 100644
--- a/lib/axlsx/workbook/shared_strings_table.rb
+++ b/lib/axlsx/workbook/shared_strings_table.rb
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ module Axlsx
     # @see Cell#sharable
     attr_reader :unique_cells
 
+    # The xml:space attribute
+    # @see Workbook#xml_space
+    attr_reader :xml_space
+
     # Creates a new Shared Strings Table agains an array of cells
     # @param [Array] cells This is an array of all of the cells in the workbook
-    def initialize(cells)
+    # @param [Symbol] xml_space The xml:space behavior for the shared string table.
+    def initialize(cells, xml_space=:preserve)
       @index = 0
+      @xml_space = xml_space
       @unique_cells = {}
       @shared_xml_string = ""
       shareable_cells = cells.flatten.select{ |cell| cell.plain_string? }
@@ -40,8 +46,10 @@ module Axlsx
     # Serializes the object
     # @param [String] str
     # @return [String]
-    def to_xml_string
-      '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><sst xmlns="' << XML_NS << '" count="' << @count.to_s << '" uniqueCount="' << unique_count.to_s << '">' << @shared_xml_string << '</sst>'
+    def to_xml_string(str='')
+      str << '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><sst xmlns="' << XML_NS << '"'
+      str << ' count="' << @count.to_s << '" uniqueCount="' << unique_count.to_s << '"'
+      str << ' xml:space="' << xml_space.to_s << '">' << @shared_xml_string << '</sst>'
     end
 
     private