Update app.py

app.py

@@ -39,9 +39,22 @@ def remove_redundant_words(text):
 
 # Function to fix spacing before punctuation
 def fix_punctuation_spacing(text):
-    # Remove spaces before commas, periods, question marks, etc.
-    #text = re.sub(r'\s+([,.\'!?:])', r'\1', text)
-    return text
+    # Split the text into words and punctuation
+    words = text.split(' ')
+    cleaned_words = []
+
+    # Define punctuation marks to check
+    punctuation_marks = {',', '.', "'", '!', '?', ':'}
+
+    for word in words:
+        # If the word ends with a punctuation mark, remove space before it
+        if cleaned_words and word and word[0] in punctuation_marks:
+            cleaned_words[-1] += word  # Append punctuation to the last word
+        else:
+            cleaned_words.append(word)  # Add word to the list
+
+    return ' '.join(cleaned_words).replace(' ,', ',').replace(' .', '.').replace(" '", "'") \
+                                    .replace(' !', '!').replace(' ?', '?').replace(' :', ':')
 
 # Function to fix possessives like "Earth's"
 def fix_possessives(text):