FormatNote.ipynb

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        "def reformat_text(input_file, output_file):\n",
        "    # Read the file\n",
        "    with open(input_file, 'r') as file:\n",
        "        lines = file.readlines()\n",
        "\n",
        "    formatted_lines = []\n",
        "    for line in lines:\n",
        "        # Strip line of trailing spaces, commas and newline characters for consistent manipulations\n",
        "        line = line.strip(' \\n,;')\n",
        "\n",
        "        # If the line is blank, skip the formatting rules\n",
        "        if len(line) == 0 or line.startswith('Tags:') or line.startswith('Review dates:') or line.startswith('- [ ]') or line.startswith('!') or line.startswith('#'):\n",
        "            formatted_lines.append(line)\n",
        "            continue\n",
        "\n",
        "        # Capitalize the first character of the buffer\n",
        "        if len(line) > 0 and line[0].islower():\n",
        "            line = line[0].upper() + line[1:]\n",
        "\n",
        "        # If the buffer starts with a digit\n",
        "        if line[0].isdigit():\n",
        "            line = '# Chapter ' + line\n",
        "            formatted_lines.append(line)\n",
        "            continue\n",
        "\n",
        "        # If the buffer starts with the string \"Chapter\"\n",
        "        temp = line.lower()\n",
        "        if temp.startswith('chapter') or temp.startswith('preface') or temp.startswith('forward') or temp.startswith('introduction') or temp.startswith('conclusion') or temp.startswith('epilogue'):\n",
        "            line = '# ' + line\n",
        "            formatted_lines.append(line)\n",
        "            continue\n",
        "\n",
        "        # Add a period to the buffer if it doesn't exist.\n",
        "        if (not line.endswith('.')) and (not line.endswith('?')) and (not line.endswith(':')) and (not line.endswith(']')) and (not line.endswith('\\\"')) and (not line.endswith('\\u201d')):\n",
        "            line += '.'\n",
        "\n",
        "        formatted_lines.append(line)\n",
        "\n",
        "     # Write the file\n",
        "    with open(output_file, 'w') as file:\n",
        "        for line in formatted_lines:\n",
        "          file.writelines(line + '\\n')\n",
        "\n",
        "\n",
        "input = '/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/FormatNoteData/input.txt'\n",
        "output = '/content/drive/MyDrive/Colab Notebooks/FormatNoteData/output.txt'\n",
        "reformat_text(input, output)"
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