Fixing _needs_join return

deepset-ai · Sep 10, 2024 · db07392 · db07392
1 parent d37202e
commit db07392
Showing 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/haystack/components/preprocessors/utils.py b/haystack/components/preprocessors/utils.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ def _needs_join(
             return True
 
         # next sentence starts with a bracket or we return False
-        return re.search(r"^\s*[\(\[]", text[next_start:next_end])
+        return re.search(r"^\s*[\(\[]", text[next_start:next_end]) is not None
 
     def _read_abbreviations(self, language: Language) -> List[str]:
         """