add new function

Project.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "GeneralUtils"
 uuid = "c6c72f09-b708-4ac8-ac7c-2084d70108fe"
-version = "0.4.2"
+version = "0.4.3"
 authors = ["tonaerospace <tonaerospace.etc@gmail.com>"]
 
 [deps]

src/interface.jl

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ export noNegative!, randomWithProb, randomChoiceWithProb, findIndex, limitvalue,
         matMul_3Dto4D_batchwise, isNotEqual, linearToCartesian, vectorMax, findMax,
         multiply_last, multiplyRandomElements, replaceElements, replaceElements!, isBetween,
         isLess, allTrue, getStringBetweenCharacters, mkDictPath!, dict_to_string_html,
-        getDictPath, detectKeywordVariation, textToDict, dictify, ordereddictify
+        getDictPath, detectKeywordVariation, textToDict, dictify, ordereddictify, 
+        clean_json_response
 
 using JSON, DataStructures, Distributions, Random, Dates, UUIDs, DataFrames, CSV
 using ..util, ..communication
@@ -1696,6 +1697,52 @@ function dict_to_string_html(d::AbstractDict; indent_level=1, indent_str=" ")
   return join(lines, "\n")
 end
 
+""" Convert a plain text string containing key-value pairs into a JSON-formatted string.
+
+This function takes text containing key-value pairs (typically extracted from LLM responses)
+and wraps them in proper JSON braces to create a valid JSON string. It cleans the input
+by removing common formatting artifacts like braces, code block markers, and language
+specifiers before wrapping the content.
+
+# Arguments
+- `text::String`
+  A string containing key-value pairs, typically in the format `key: value, key: value`.
+  May contain leading/trailing braces, code block markers (```), or language specifiers
+  (e.g., `json`) that will be removed.
+
+# Return
+- `String`
+  A JSON-formatted string with the key-value pairs wrapped in `{}` braces.
+
+# Notes
+- The function removes `{`, `}`, `````, and `json` from the input before wrapping.
+- The output is always wrapped in curly braces to create valid JSON structure.
+- This is typically used to sanitize LLM responses that contain key-value data
+  but may include formatting artifacts.
+
+# Examples
+```jldoctest
+julia> text = "thought: Hello, action: CHATBOX, input: How can I help?"
+julia> clean_json_response(text)
+"{thought: Hello, action: CHATBOX, input: How can I help?}"
+
+julia> text = "{thought: Hello, action: CHATBOX}"
+julia> clean_json_response(text)
+"{thought: Hello, action: CHATBOX}"
+
+julia> text = "```json{thought: Hello, action: CHATBOX}```"
+julia> clean_json_response(text)
+"{thought: Hello, action: CHATBOX}"
+```
+"""
+function clean_json_response(text::String)
+  text = replace(text, '{' => "")
+  text = replace(text, '}' => "")
+  text = replace(text, "```" => "")
+  text = replace(text, "json" => "")
+  text = '{' * text * '}'
+  return text
+end