Improved whitespace removal

Testresults

cps/search.py

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ from flask_babel import format_date
 from flask_babel import gettext as _
 from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import func, not_, and_, or_, text, true
 from sqlalchemy.sql.functions import coalesce
-from sqlalchemy import exists
 
 from . import logger, db, calibre_db, config, ub
+from .string_helper import strip_whitespaces
 from .usermanagement import login_required_if_no_ano
 from .render_template import render_title_template
 from .pagination import Pagination
@@ -267,11 +267,11 @@ def render_adv_search_results(term, offset=None, order=None, limit=None):
     description = term.get("comment")
     read_status = term.get("read_status")
     if author_name:
-        author_name = author_name.strip().lower().replace(',', '|')
+        author_name = strip_whitespaces(author_name).lower().replace(',', '|')
     if book_title:
-        book_title = book_title.strip().lower()
+        book_title = strip_whitespaces(book_title).lower()
     if publisher:
-        publisher = publisher.strip().lower()
+        publisher = strip_whitespaces(publisher).lower()
 
     search_term = []
     cc_present = False