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csv_metadata_quality/fix.py: Replace non-breaking spaces

We should be replacing non-breaking spaces (U+00A0) with normal sp-
aces instead of removing them.
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Alan Orth 2019-10-01 16:55:04 +03:00
parent 1c75608d54
commit c42f8b4812
Signed by: alanorth
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@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ def unnecessary_unicode(field):
Removes unnecessary Unicode characters like:
- Zero-width space (U+200B)
- Replacement character (U+FFFD)
- No-break space (U+00A0)
Replaces unnecessary Unicode characters like:
- Soft hyphen (U+00AD) hyphen
- No-break space (U+00A0) space
Return string with characters removed or replaced.
"""
@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ def unnecessary_unicode(field):
match = re.findall(pattern, field)
if match:
print(f"Removing unnecessary Unicode (U+00A0): {field}")
field = re.sub(pattern, "", field)
print(f"Replacing unnecessary Unicode (U+00A0): {field}")
field = re.sub(pattern, " ", field)
# Check for soft hyphens (U+00AD), sometimes preceeded with a normal hyphen
pattern = re.compile(r"\u002D*?\u00AD")