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minipileoflaw.py

@@ -96,19 +96,26 @@ class MiniPileOfLaw(datasets.GeneratorBasedBuilder):
         ]
     
     def _generate_examples(self, filepaths):
-        """This function returns the examples from JSON files, handling JSON Lines format."""
+        """This function returns the examples from JSONL files, with each line being a separate JSON object."""
         for filepath in filepaths:
             try:
                 with open(filepath, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
                     for line in file:
-                        # Parse each line as a separate JSON object
-                        item = json.loads(line)
-                        yield {
-                            "text": item.get("text", ""),
-                            "created_timestamp": item.get("created_timestamp", ""),
-                            "downloaded_timestamp": item.get("downloaded_timestamp", ""),
-                            "url": item.get("url", "")
-                        }
+                        # Skip empty lines
+                        if not line.strip():
+                            continue
+
+                        try:
+                            # Parse each line as a separate JSON object
+                            item = json.loads(line.strip(), ensure_ascii=False)
+                            yield {
+                                "text": item.get("text", ""),
+                                "created_timestamp": item.get("created_timestamp", ""),
+                                "downloaded_timestamp": item.get("downloaded_timestamp", ""),
+                                "url": item.get("url", "")
+                            }
+                        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                            print(f"Error parsing JSON on line in file {filepath}: {e}")
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f"Error reading file {filepath}: {e}")