Space is not present between words in extracted table dataframe.

[AyushaKadi]

Hi I am using the pdfplumber library and 'extract_vertical_lines' and 'extract_horizontal_lines' as table extract features to capture transactions spanning between multiple lines. The tables are perfectly being captured and so are the transactions.
The only issue is spacing between the words captured

I am unable to debug why the words which have space in the pdf are not generated as same in the text or dataframe.
Example- PointOf SaleWithdrawal PUBLIXSUPERMA 6901TAFT ST HOLLYWOOD FLUS
Expected- Point Of Sale Withdrawal PUBLIX SUPER MA 6901 TAFT ST HOLLYWOOD FLUS
Can this be resolved by any way? I have tried with tolerances and explicit codes for managing tolerances and space too.

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[jsvine]

Hi @AyushaKadi, have you tried adjusting the text_x_tolerance parameter? (It's the table-setting equivalent to x_tolerance described in the documentation related to text extraction.)

[AyushaKadi]

No. I haven't tried it. Will definitely try it out. Thank you for your feedback.