diff --git a/examples/close_match.cpp b/examples/close_match.cpp
index 2bc64fcf..0326e656 100644
--- a/examples/close_match.cpp
+++ b/examples/close_match.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // Levenshtein distance function code generated by chatgpt/copilot
 std::size_t levenshteinDistance(const std::string &s1, const std::string &s2) {
     std::size_t len1 = s1.size(), len2 = s2.size();
-    if (len1 == 0 || len2 == 0) {
+    if(len1 == 0 || len2 == 0) {
         return (std::max)(len1, len2);
     }
     std::vector<std::size_t> prev(len2 + 1), curr(len2 + 1);