def splitTags (strTags):
if not strTags:
return []
strTags = strTags.lower()
listWords = list(set(strTags.split(',')))
listTags=[]
for word in listWords:
if word not in STOPWORDS:
word = word.lstrip("#")
new_word = ''
for i in range(len(word)):
if valid_latin1(ord(word[i])):
new_word = new_word + word[i]
listTags.append(new_word)
return list(set(listTags))
def validTag(tag):
return all(valid_latin1(ord(char)) for char in tag)