feat: add clean_newline utility for hyphenated line breaks (#2513)#4339
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Problem
Issue #2513 identified a need for a utility function to handle hyphenated words split across newlines (e.g., "re- \nsearch" → "research"). This is a common issue in document partitioning where layout-preserving text extraction introduces artificial breaks in words.
Solution
This PR adds the
clean_newlinefunction tounstructured/cleaners/core.py.r"(\w+)-\s+(\w+)"to rejoin hyphenated words.\s+pattern ensures it handles single spaces, tabs, and newlines between the hyphen and the word continuation.Changes
clean_newlinetounstructured/cleaners/core.py.test_unstructured/cleaners/test_core.pycovering various indentation and newline scenarios.Verification
test_unstructured/cleaners/test_core.py.Fixes #2513