Fix formatting issue so you don't need to gsub

README.md

@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ GlobalPhone is heavily inspired by Andreas Gal's [PhoneNumber.js](https://github
 
 ### Version History
 
+**1.0.2** (Unreleased)
+
+* Fix formatting issue so you don't need to gsub
+
 **1.0.1** (May 29, 2013)
 
 * GlobalPhone::Number#to_s returns the E.164 international string.

lib/global_phone/number.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Number
     VALID_ALPHA_CHARS  = /[a-zA-Z]/
     LEADING_PLUS_CHARS = /^\++/
     NON_DIALABLE_CHARS = /[^,#+\*\d]/
-    SPLIT_FIRST_GROUP  = /^(\d+)(.*)$/
+    SPLIT_FIRST_GROUP  = /^(\d+)\W*(.*)$/
 
     def self.normalize(string)
       string.to_s.

test/edge_test.rb

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class EdgeTest < TestCase
       # We don't include those formats in our database, so we fall
       # back to the closest match.
       number = context.parse("1520123456", "IE")
-      assert_equal "1520  123 456", number.national_format
+      assert_equal "1520 123 456", number.national_format
     end
   end
 end