Use str.strip()

CouncilDataProject · Feb 17, 2022 · b5babdc · b5babdc
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diff --git a/cdp_backend/utils/string_utils.py b/cdp_backend/utils/string_utils.py
@@ -107,10 +107,7 @@ def clean_text(
  # Remove gaps in string
  try:
  cleaned_doc = re.sub(r" {2,}", " ", cleaned_text)
- if cleaned_doc[0] == " ":
- cleaned_doc = cleaned_doc[1:]
- if cleaned_doc[-1] == " ":
- cleaned_doc = cleaned_doc[:-1]
+ cleaned_doc = cleaned_doc.strip()
 
  # IndexError occurs when the string was cleaned and it contained entirely stop
  # words or punctuation for some reason