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[Bug]: Course Description that doesn't end with a period is not processed correctly

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#629 opened on Apr 29, 2026

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What did you expect to happen?

Course descriptions should be accurate and not lose any information during parsing.

What happened?

The course description for LIT 1301: LIT 1301 - Introduction to Literature (3 semester credit hours) Introduction to literary analysis and interpretation based on readings from a global range of authors (3-0) S Doesn't show on the RHS in Trends:

This is likely a problem with our regex not handling course descriptions that don't end with a period. To fix it:

  • find out what our regex processing is doing wrong
  • fix it
  • Test on other courses/descriptions

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trends.utdnebula.com

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