Update app.py

app.py

@@ -70,9 +70,14 @@ def get_nlp_score_old(title, abstract, inclusion_criteria, exclusion_criteria, v
     
     inclusion_criteria = inclusion_criteria.split("|")
     exclusion_criteria = exclusion_criteria.split("|")
+    if '' in inclusion_criteria:
+        inclusion_criteria.remove('')
+    if '' in exclusion_criteria:
+        exclusion_criteria.remove('')
     
     # combines inclusion and exclusion criteria into one. This is so we dont have to run the classification twice
     criteria = inclusion_criteria + exclusion_criteria
+    
     simpl_crit = [simplify_crit_openai(crit.strip().strip("\n")) for crit in criteria]
     
     crit_dict = dict(zip(simpl_crit,criteria))