live code validations working

app/validators/answer_format_validator.rb

@@ -6,31 +6,32 @@ class AnswerFormatValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
   private
 
     def text record, attribute, value
-      return unless value.length.between? 1, 1000
+      clean_val = value.to_s.strip
+      return if clean_val.length.between?(1, 1000)
 
-      if value.blank?
+      if clean_val.blank?
         record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || "Please enter an answer.")
       end
 
-      if value.length > 1000
+      if clean_val.length > 1000
         record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || "The character limit for a textarea answer is 1000")
       end
     end
 
     def radio record, attribute, value
-      return unless value.nil?
+      return unless value.to_s.strip.blank?
 
       record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || "Please select an answer.")
     end
 
     def checkbox record, attribute, value
-      return unless value.nil? || value.join.blank?
+      return unless value.nil? || Array(value).join.blank?
 
       record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || "Please select an answer.")
     end
 
     def live_code record, attribute, value
-      return unless value.nil?
+      return unless value.nil? || value.values.join.blank?
 
       msg = "You must write code in one of the above textareas to progress."
       record.errors[attribute] << (options[:message] || msg)