Update app.py

app.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import openai
 import random
 import time
 import os
+import re
 
 # Set up OpenAI API key
 openai.api_key = os.getenv('APICode2')
@@ -60,23 +61,20 @@ with gr.Blocks() as demo:
     clear = gr.Button("Clear")
     state = gr.State([])
 
-    def parse_participants(input_string):
-        # Split the input string into lines
-        lines = input_string.split('<br>')
-    
-        # Create an empty list to store participant details
-        participants = []
-    
-        # Iterate through the lines to find participant details
-        for i, line in enumerate(lines):
-            if line.startswith('Participant'):
-                # If the line starts with 'Participant', extract the details of that participant
-                details = lines[i+1].strip()
-                if details:
-                    # If the details are not empty, add them to the participants list
-                    participants.append(details)
-    
-        return participants
+    def parse_participants(input_string: str) -> list:
+        # Replace <br> tags with newline characters
+        input_string = input_string.replace("<br>", "\n")
+        
+        # Split the input string using a regular expression for "Participant X"
+        participants = re.split(r'Participant \d+:\n', input_string)[1:]  # Ignore the first split item since it's empty
+        
+        # Parse each participant's details and add them to a list
+        participant_details = []
+        for participant in participants:
+            details = participant.strip().split("\n")
+            participant_details.append(details)
+        
+        return participant_details
     
     def generateprofiles(title, question1, question2, question3, focusgroupdescription):
         prompt = f"""