Update app.py

app.py

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ def random_spanish_pair():
     random_pair = random.choice(json_data)
     return jsonify(random_pair)
 
+def is_word(s):
+    """
+    Check if the string 's' is a word (contains only alphabetic characters).
+    """
+    return s.isalpha()
+
 # Lists to store English and Spanish words separately
 english_words = set()
 spanish_words = set()
@@ -38,11 +44,11 @@ spanish_words = set()
 # Populate the word lists
 for pair in json_data:
     if "english" in pair:
-        # Extract words from the English sentence
-        english_words.update(re.findall(r'\b\w+\b', pair["english"]))
+        # Extract words from the English sentence and filter out numbers
+        english_words.update(filter(is_word, re.findall(r'\b\w+\b', pair["english"])))
     if "spanish" in pair:
-        # Extract words from the Spanish sentence
-        spanish_words.update(re.findall(r'\b\w+\b', pair["spanish"]))
+        # Extract words from the Spanish sentence and filter out numbers
+        spanish_words.update(filter(is_word, re.findall(r'\b\w+\b', pair["spanish"])))
 
 def get_distractors(target_word, all_words, num_distractors=3):
     """