replacing all newline and tab in rawInput with spaces

common/include/utf8string.hpp

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class utf8string : public std::vector<utf8char>
   utf8string & operator=(const std::string & other);
   utf8string & operator=(const char * const other);
   bool operator==(const std::string & other);
+  void replace(utf8char from, utf8char to);
 };
 
 };

common/src/utf8string.cpp

@@ -70,3 +70,8 @@ bool util::utf8string::operator==(const std::string & other)
   return true;
 }
 
+void util::utf8string::replace(utf8char from, utf8char to)
+{
+  std::replace(begin(), end(), from, to);
+}
+

reading_machine/src/BaseConfig.cpp

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ void BaseConfig::readRawInput(std::string_view rawFilename)
   std::fclose(file);
 
   rawInputUtf8 = util::splitAsUtf8(rawInputTemp);
+  rawInputUtf8.replace(util::utf8char("\n"), util::utf8char(" "));
+  rawInputUtf8.replace(util::utf8char("\t"), util::utf8char(" "));
 }
 
 void BaseConfig::readTSVInput(std::string_view tsvFilename)