# src/utils/text_splitter.py
from typing import List

def split_text(
    text: str, 
    chunk_size: int = 500, 
    overlap: int = 50
) -> List[str]:
    """
    Split a long text into smaller chunks
    
    Args:
        text (str): Input text to split
        chunk_size (int): Maximum size of each text chunk
        overlap (int): Number of characters to overlap between chunks
    
    Returns:
        List[str]: List of text chunks
    """
    chunks = []
    start = 0
    
    while start < len(text):
        # Extract chunk
        chunk = text[start:start + chunk_size]
        chunks.append(chunk)
        
        # Move start position with overlap
        start += chunk_size - overlap
    
    return chunks

def clean_text(text: str) -> str:
    """
    Clean and preprocess text
    
    Args:
        text (str): Input text to clean
    
    Returns:
        str: Cleaned text
    """
    # Remove extra whitespaces
    text = ' '.join(text.split())
    
    # Add more cleaning steps as needed
    # For example:
    # - Remove special characters
    # - Convert to lowercase
    # - Remove HTML tags
    
    return text