I'll let you guys argue this one out. The code I provide strips all white out and counts what left. I have not sat down to to examine all the possibilities where a white space character is or is not required. I do count all spaces within quoted strings. I think that as long as we measure with the same yard/meter stick the judging will be OK, especially when the spread seems to be 1,000 strokes. If the finalist are 1 or 2 strokes off at the end and they want to be so detailed, then they can counted anyway they want.
