lib/hierarchy_string.rb in markdown_exec-2.5.0 vs lib/hierarchy_string.rb in markdown_exec-2.6.0

@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
 # to be manipulated or transformed in a consistent and customizable manner.
 class HierarchyString
   attr_accessor :substrings
 
   # Initialize with a single hash or an array of hashes
-  def initialize(substrings, text_sym: :text, style_sym: :color)
+  def initialize(substrings = [], text_sym: :text, style_sym: :color)
     @substrings = parse_substrings(substrings)
     @text_sym = text_sym
     @style_sym = style_sym
   end
 
@@ -78,9 +78,13 @@
   end
 
   # Method to decorate all substrings into a single string
   def decorate
     decorate_substrings(@substrings)
+  end
+
+  def padded_width
+    concatenate.length
   end
 
   # Handle string inspection methods and pass them to the concatenated string
   def method_missing(method_name, *arguments, &block)
     if ''.respond_to?(method_name)