Avoid replacing tabs and newlines with spaces unless splitting search term

Author: dbramwell

django_select2/forms.py

@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 
 """
 import uuid
+import re
+from functools import reduce
 from itertools import chain
 from pickle import PicklingError  # nosec
 
@@ -396,20 +398,20 @@ def filter_queryset(self, request, term, queryset=None, **dependent_fields):
             queryset = self.get_queryset()
         search_fields = self.get_search_fields()
         select = Q()
-        term = term.replace("\t", " ")
-        term = term.replace("\n", " ")
 
         for field in search_fields:
             field_select = Q()
             if "contains" in field:
-                for t in [t for t in term.split(" ") if not t == ""]:
+                for t in filter(None, re.split(r"\t|\n| ", term)):
                     field_select &= Q(**{field: t})
             else:
                 field_select = Q(**{field: term})
+
             select |= field_select
 
         if dependent_fields:
             select &= Q(**dependent_fields)
+
         return queryset.filter(select).distinct()
 
     def get_queryset(self):