remove empty strings

Sorting/RandomWordFileReader.java

@@ -14,13 +14,16 @@ public class RandomWordFileReader {
     public RandomWordFileReader(String filename){
         try(BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(Path.of(filename));){
             //This should use flatMap to make a string array from the line, and then turn the elements of that array into a stream, which goes to forEach
-            reader.lines().flatMap(line -> Arrays.stream(line.split("[\\s\\W_]+"))).forEach(word -> words.add(word.toLowerCase()));
+            reader.lines().flatMap(line -> Arrays.stream(line.split("[\\W\\s\\n_ ]+"))).forEach(word -> words.add(word.toLowerCase()));
         }catch (IOException ex){
             System.err.println(ex);
         }
-        /*for (String e : words) {
-            e = e.replaceAll("\\W+","");
-        }*/
+       for (int i = 0; i < words.size(); i++) {
+           if (words.get(i).matches("")) {
+                words.remove(i);
+                i--;
+           }
+       }
     }
 
     public ArrayList<String> getWords(){