Create preprocess.py

preprocess.py

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+import pandas as pd
+
+# Function to preprocess input text
+def preprocess_text(text):
+    if pd.isna(text):
+        return ""
+    return text.strip().lower()  # Simple lowercase cleaning
+
+# Function to preprocess dataset
+def preprocess_dataset(df):
+    df["text"] = df["text"].apply(preprocess_text)
+    return df