also added validation for all the variations in the optional fields

package-lock.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "5.7.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "pashto-inflector",
-      "version": "5.6.0",
+      "version": "5.7.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pashto-inflector",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "5.7.0",
   "author": "lingdocs.com",
   "description": "A Pashto inflection and verb conjugation engine, inculding React components for displaying Pashto text, inflections, and conjugations",
   "homepage": "https://verbs.lingdocs.com",

src/components/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/ps-react",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "5.7.0",
   "description": "Pashto inflector library module with React components",
   "main": "dist/components/library.js",
   "module": "dist/components/library.js",

src/lib/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lingdocs/inflect",
-  "version": "5.6.0",
+  "version": "5.7.0",
   "description": "Pashto inflector library",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/lib/library.d.ts",

src/lib/src/validate-entry.test.ts

@@ -253,6 +253,32 @@ const toTest: {
             erroneousFields: ["f"],
         },
     },
+    {
+        input: {"ts":1527815870,"i":183,"p":"اثر","f":"asar","g":"asar","e":"influence, impression, tracks, affect","r":4,"c":"n. m.","app":"اثرات, آثار","apf":"asráat, aasáar"},
+        output: { ok: true },
+    },
+    {
+        input: {"ts":1527815870,"i":183,"p":"اثر","f":"asar","g":"asar","e":"influence, impression, tracks, affect","r":4,"c":"n. m.","app":"اثرات, آثار","apf":"asráat, aa sáar"},
+        output: {
+            errors: ["spacing discrepency between app and apf"],
+            p: "اثر",
+            f: "asar",
+            e: "influence, impression, tracks, affect",
+            ts: 1527815870,
+            erroneousFields: ["app", "apf"],
+        },
+    },
+    {
+        input: {"ts":1527815870,"i":183,"p":"اثر","f":"asar","g":"asar","e":"influence, impression, tracks, affect","r":4,"c":"n. m.","app":"اثرات, آثار","apf":"asráat"},
+        output: {
+            errors: ["difference in variation length between app and apf", "script and phonetics do not match for app and apf"],
+            p: "اثر",
+            f: "asar",
+            e: "influence, impression, tracks, affect",
+            ts: 1527815870,
+            erroneousFields: ["app", "apf"],
+        },
+    },
 ];
 
 test("validateEntry should work", () => {

src/lib/src/validate-entry.ts

@@ -83,9 +83,24 @@ export function validateEntry(entry: T.DictionaryEntry): T.DictionaryEntryError
             erroneousFields.add(errField);
             return;
         }
+        if (!isRequired && p.includes(", ")) {
+            const pVars = p.split(", ");
+            const fVars = f.split(", ");
+            if (pVars.length !== fVars.length) {
+                errors.add(`difference in variation length between ${pField} and ${fField}`);
+                erroneousFields.add(pField);
+                erroneousFields.add(fField);
+            }
+            pVars.forEach((pVar, i) => {
+                checkPhoneticsAndSpacing(pVar, fVars[i] || "");
+            });
+        } else {
+            checkPhoneticsAndSpacing(p, f);
+        }
+        function checkPhoneticsAndSpacing(p: string, f: string) {
             if (!phoneticsToDiacritics(p, f) && !entry.diacExcept) {
                 errors.add(`script and phonetics do not match for ${pField} and ${fField}`);
-            erroneousFields.add(pField)
+                erroneousFields.add(pField);
                 erroneousFields.add(fField);
             }
             const firstF = removeFVarients(f);
@@ -111,6 +126,7 @@ export function validateEntry(entry: T.DictionaryEntry): T.DictionaryEntryError
                     erroneousFields.add(fField);
                 }
             }        
+        }
     });
     if ((entry.separationAtP && !entry.separationAtF)) {
         errors.add("missing separationAtF");