Text Formatter Utility Project in Python

Level: Beginner

Your task for today is to write a utility that cleans up and formats a user’s input text. This is great practice for writing multiple helper functions, working with string methods, and presenting clean output.

📝 Project Task

The program should:

• Ask the user to input a block of text.

• Create separate functions to:

  • Remove extra spaces (e.g., double spaces, spaces before punctuation).

  • Capitalize the first letter of each sentence.

  • Count how many words are in the text.

• Print a final report that shows:

  • The cleaned text.

  • The word count.

This project helps you master string processing, function definition, and clean formatting of output — useful for document cleanup or writing tools.

📌 Expected Output

When the program runs:

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