fix(ivy): allow empty cases for ICU expressions (#30846)

We used to ignore empty strings for optimization purposes, but it turns out that empty strings are also valid values for ICU cases and we shouldn't ignore those.

FW-1290 #resolve
PR Close #30846

packages/core/src/render3/i18n.ts

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ function extractParts(pattern: string): (string | IcuExpression)[] {
         const block = pattern.substring(prevPos, pos);
         if (ICU_BLOCK_REGEXP.test(block)) {
           results.push(parseICUBlock(block));
-        } else if (block) {  // Don't push empty strings
+        } else {
           results.push(block);
         }
 
@@ -140,10 +140,7 @@ function extractParts(pattern: string): (string | IcuExpression)[] {
   }
 
   const substring = pattern.substring(prevPos);
-  if (substring != '') {
-    results.push(substring);
-  }
-
+  results.push(substring);
   return results;
 }
 
@@ -182,7 +179,7 @@ function parseICUBlock(pattern: string): IcuExpression {
     }
 
     const blocks = extractParts(parts[pos++]) as string[];
-    if (blocks.length) {
+    if (cases.length > values.length) {
       values.push(blocks);
     }
   }