Update app.py

app.py

@@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ class ChatbotAPP:
     def strip_text(self, text):
         # Pattern to match text inside parentheses or angle brackets, any text following angle brackets,
         # new line characters, and anything after ',', '<', or '|'
-        patterns = [r"\(.*?\)|<.*?>.*|\n|\s{3,}", re.escape("im_start") , re.escape("im_end")]
-        combined_pattern = "|".join(patterns)
+        pattern = r"\(.*?\)|<.*?>.*|\n|\s{3,}"
         # Use re.sub() to replace the matched text with an empty string
-        cleaned_text = re.sub(patterns, "", text)
-        
+        cleaned_text = re.sub(pattern, "", text)
+        cleaned_text = cleaned_text.replace(im_start, "").replace(im_end, "")
         return cleaned_text
     
     def upload_to_google_drive(self):    # Method to upload the current chat log to Google Drive