diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index dce2248..7fe0326 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ func stripTabAndSpaceFromLine(text string) []string {
 			flatWords = append(flatWords, word)
 		}
 	}
-
 	return flatWords
 }
 
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 0a1e922..d49695b 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -72,3 +72,18 @@ func TestCharCount(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Logf("countChars(%s), PASSED.\n", testFile)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStripTabandSpaceFromLine(t *testing.T) {
+	line := "hello	world.	today."
+	outputSlice := []string{"hello", "world.", "today."}
+
+	stripLine := stripTabAndSpaceFromLine(line)
+
+	isEqual := reflect.DeepEqual(outputSlice, stripLine)
+
+	if isEqual != true {
+		t.Errorf("stripTabAndSpaceFromLine(%s), FAILED. Expected %v got %v \n", line, outputSlice, stripLine)
+	} else {
+		t.Logf("stripTabAndSpaceFromLine(%s), PASSED.\n", line)
+	}
+}