Update app/util.py

app/util.py

@@ -30,18 +30,7 @@ def compare_completion_and_prediction(completion, prediction, verbose=False):
 
 def json_to_dict(json_string):
     """function that takes string in the form of json and returns a dictionary"""
-    json_string = json_string.replace('\n', '')
-    json_string = json_string.replace('\t', '')
-    json_string = json_string.replace(' ', '')
-    json_string = json_string.replace('"', '')
-    json_string = json_string.replace('{', '')
-    json_string = json_string.replace('}', '')
-    json_string = json_string.replace(':', ',')
-    json_string = json_string.split(',')
-    return {
-        json_string[i]: json_string[i + 1]
-        for i in range(0, len(json_string), 2)
-    }
+    return json.loads(json_string)
 
 def join_dicts(dict1, dict2):
     """function that joins two dictionaries into one dictionary