app.py

import streamlit as st
import re

def clean_text(text):
    # Replace hyphen followed by space or multiple spaces with just a hyphen
    text = re.sub(r'-(?=\w)', '', text)
    text = re.sub(r'-\s+', '', text)
    return text

# Title of the Streamlit app
st.title('Text Cleaner')

# Input text from the user
input_text = st.text_area("Enter text to clean:")

# Button to trigger cleaning
if st.button('Clean Text'):
    if input_text:
        # Clean the text
        cleaned_text = clean_text(input_text)
        # Display the cleaned text
        st.subheader("Cleaned Text")
        st.write(cleaned_text)
    else:
        st.warning("Please enter some text to clean.")