improve parsing of tag & depends options

Author: SethPoulsen

runestone/parsons/js/parsons.js

@@ -301,17 +301,16 @@ export default class Parsons extends RunestoneBase {
                     .substring(distractIndex + 12, textBlock.length)
                     .trim();
                 textBlock = textBlock.substring(0, distractIndex + 11);
-
-            // TODO make this parsing more robust after finalizing the syntax
             } else if (textBlock.includes("#tag:")) {
+                textBlock = textBlock.replace(/#tag:.*;.*;/, s => s.replace(/\s+/g, "")); // remove whitespace in tag and depends list
                 tagIndex = textBlock.indexOf("#tag:");
                 tag = textBlock.substring(tagIndex + 5, tagIndex + 6);
                 dependsIndex = textBlock.indexOf(";depends:");
                 let dependsString = textBlock.substring(dependsIndex + 9, textBlock.indexOf(";", dependsIndex + 9));
                 depends = dependsString.length > 0 ? dependsString.split(",") : [];
             }
             textBlock = textBlock.replace(
-                /#(paired|distractor|tag:[0-9]+;depends:[0-9,]*;)/,
+                /#(paired|distractor|tag:.*;.*;)/,
                 function (mystring, arg1) {
                     options[arg1] = true;
                     return "";