Update app.py

app.py

@@ -16,6 +16,35 @@ with open("recipes.txt", "r", encoding="utf-8") as file:
 # Print the text below
 print(recipes_text)
 
+def preprocess_text(text):
+  # Strip extra whitespace from the beginning and the end of the text
+  cleaned_text = text.strip()
+
+  # Split the cleaned_text by every newline character (\n)
+  chunks = cleaned_text.split(".")
+
+  # Create an empty list to store cleaned chunks
+  cleaned_chunks = []
+
+  # Write your for-in loop below to clean each chunk and add it to the cleaned_chunks list
+  for chunk in chunks:
+    clean = chunk.strip()
+    if len(chunk)>0:
+      cleaned_chunks.append(clean)
+
+  # Print cleaned_chunks
+  print(cleaned_chunks)
+
+  # Print the length of cleaned_chunks
+
+  print(len(cleaned_chunks))
+
+  # Return the cleaned_chunks
+  return cleaned_chunks
+
+# Call the preprocess_text function and store the result in a cleaned_chunks variable
+cleaned_chunks = preprocess_text(recipes_text) # Complete this line
+
 def respond(message, history):
     #responses = ["Yes", "No"]
     #return random.choice(responses)